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Author:   Danya Ruttenberg
Publisher:   New York University Press
Imprint:   New York University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780814776049

ISBN 10:   0814776043
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 June 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Introduction Danya RuttenbergI-It1 SotahSarra Lev2 ProstitutionJudith R. Baskin3 Divorcing Ba'alBonna Devora Haberman4 Th e Sage and the Other WomanAryeh Cohen5 Intermarriage, Gender, and Nation in the Hebrew Bible Esther Fuchs6 Good SexMelanie Malka LandauI-Thou7 The Erotics of Sexual Segregation Naomi Seidman8 Reclaiming Nidah and Mikveh through Ideological and Practical Reinterpretation Haviva Ner-David9 The Goy of SexWendy Love Anderson10 A Jewish Perspective on Birth Control and Procreation Elliot N. Dorff 11 Not Like a VirginSara N. S. Meirowitz12 Reconsidering Solitary Sex from a Jewish Perspective Rebecca T. AlpertWe-Th ou13 ""Created by the Hand of Heaven""Elliot Rose Kukla14 Toward a New Tzniut Danya Ruttenberg15 On the Religious Signifi cance of Homosexuality; or, Queering God, Torah, and Israel Jay Michaelson16 H. eruta's Ruse: What We Mean When We Talk about Desire Gail Labovitz17 Love the One You're With Laura Levitt 18 Eden for Grown-UpsArthur O. WaskowGlossary List of Contributors Index of Sources Subject Index"

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<p> These essays were chosen to expand the reader's sense of what Judaism has to say on the subject of sex. Our understanding of Jewish sexuality needs to become as complex as the realities are. <br>

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Danya Ruttenberg is a rabbi and author of Surprised By God and editor of the anthology Yentl’s Revenge. She serves as contributing editor to both Lilith and Women in Judaism. She lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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