by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on December 8, 2016
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How is a Baby Made? More specifically, what determines the future characteristics of the child? One answer emerges from the story of Yaakov’s breeding of the sheep, an answer that seems to be endorsed by the Talmud: a child’s character is shaped by what the mother and father were thinking and doing at the time of conception.…
by Dr. Michelle Friedman, MD
Posted on November 28, 2016
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by Rabbi Moshe Kahn
Posted on November 28, 2016
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by Rabbi Mishael Zion
Posted on November 28, 2016
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by Dr. Michelle Friedman, MD
Posted on November 7, 2016
Observant Married Jewish Women and Sexual Life: An Empirical Study Michelle Friedman, Ellen Labinsky, Talli Y. Rosenbaum, James Schmeidler, and Rachel Yehuda I. INTRODUCTION Taharat haMishpahah, literally, “family purity,” refers to the series of rabbinic laws and customs governing sexual behavior between husbands and wives.…
by Dr. Michelle Friedman, MD
Posted on July 5, 2016
Most studies investigating religiosity and sexual abuse have examined whether religiosity ameliorates the negative consequences of sexual trauma (1–4), rather than whether religiosity affects the occurrence of sexual trauma. There are currently no statistics regarding the lifetime prevalence of sexual abuse within religious communities.…