Dear Deborah
Letters to Deborah Berger-Reiss.
The dominant stories of 5757 centered around ourcontinual war of words fought over religion, sex, politics andhistory
Dr. Susan Marilyn Block is a nice Jewish girl, who talks about sex on late-night cable TV. From Esther to… Dr. Suzy?\n
Naomi Wolf, author of \”Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood\”\nSex will always be with us, but thoughtful, non-hysterical conversations about sexual issues are few and far between. With the publication of her newest book, \”Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood\” (Random House, $24), social critic Naomi Wolf has helped bring the subject of girls\’ sexuality to the national spotlight in a serious way — for at least as long as it takes to conduct a book tour.
For the next few weeks, you will be hearing about girls and sex. \”Oprah,\” \”Leeza,\” \”Charlie Rose,\” The New York Times, even The Jewish Journal — media great and small will focus airwaves and inches on a topic that, while hardly new, rarely gets serious, sustained attention.
Rabbi Baruch and Michal Finkelstein are developing a sex-education curriculum for Jewish day schools.
Where does a parent — a Jewish mother — begin a frank consideration of her daughter\’s sexuality?
Rabbi Maller has written dozens of articles on conversion during his 30 years at Temple Akiba, Culver City. In \”God, Sex and Kabbalah\” (Samuel Weiser), he notes that many converts to Judaism were found to have Jewish ancestors.\n\n\n