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Category Archives: Sex
Israel’s Unholy Image
From The Jewish Press blog: Thumbing through this month’s issue of Conde Nast Traveler, I stopped upon a two-page spread advertising Israel. The ad features a lithe female in a tube top stretching her body in a dancer’s pose on … Continue reading
Study: Casual Sex Only Rewarding For First Few Decades
From The Jewish Press: ARLINGTON, VA—An alarming new study published in Jewish Action reveals that casual sex, the practice of engaging in frequent, spontaneous sexual encounters with new and exciting partners, may only provide unimaginable pleasure and heart-pounding exhilaration for, … Continue reading
Why Scandals Still Scandalize
From the WSJ: The scandals are as much about hypocrisy as sex, of course, but I would submit that the activities of these men are, if anything, more of a shock to the public’s sensibilities than they would have been … Continue reading
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Reasons Not To Have Sex
John Tierney writes: Some of the common reasons were moral and religious qualms, fear of contracting a disease, lack of interest in the other person. A couple of the uncommon ones: “Because if I want to feel badly about myself … Continue reading
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Making Jewish Sexy
Tamar Fox writes for Jewcy: I spend a lot of time thinking about how one can make being Jewish look good. Because the thing is, I’m always Jewish, and I’d like to be considered a cool girl, a woman with … Continue reading
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Rabbinical School Is Ruining My Love Life
Reform rabbinical student Jordie Gerson (who does not include a picture on her profile, though I Googled her and she’s cute, but did she wait until she landed a boyfriend before publishing this piece?) writes for Jewcy.com: Before rabbinical school, … Continue reading
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Erotic Photographer David Hoffman – The Hard-On And The Heartbreak
I’ve often thought of devoting my life to sex trafficking but David Hoffman is the real deal. I met David towards the end of 2002, just before he was to leave for Europe to sleep with beautiful women and rescue … Continue reading
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A semi-shiksa lusts for her ultimate fetish: a cute Jew-boy
A. Pinsker writes in the New York Press: This summer’s latest flesh-hungry American Apparel ad features a black-hat Hassidic gentleman looking mysterious above some hot, gold-scripted Hebrew letters. Of course it triggered memories of Matisyahu, Y-love and last summer’s Australian … Continue reading
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Sex Offenders In BH And Pico-Robertson
Joe writes: Would you post info about a Jewish sex offender [Andrew Jay Scarf] in the Pico Robertson BH area that davens in orthodox shulls? I am not sure if he is religious or not. I see him walking to … Continue reading
John Derbyshire: ‘When a woman gets past her mid twenties, her probability of being raped drops off like a continental shelf’
He writes in National Review: Some of the most vituperative emails I have ever got came in after I made an offhand remark, in one of my monthly NRO diaries, to the effect that very few of us are physically … Continue reading
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