Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction: This Too Is Torah
Short Takes
Part One • In the Beginning: Biblical and Rabbinic Contexts
1. Sexuality: Human Biology versus Rabbinic Decree, Rabbi Amy Scheinerman
2. The Real Sin of Sodom, Rabbi Steven Greenberg
3. A Reform Understanding of To-eivah, Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, DMin
4. “A Great Voice, Never Ending”: Reading the Torah in Light of the New Status of Gays and Lesbians in the Jewish Community, Rabbi David Greenstein, PhD
5. How to Respond to Bible-Thumping Homophobia, Or: Judaism as Evolutionary If Not Revolutionary, Rabbi Karen Bender
6. Preaching against the Text: An Argument in Favor of Restoring Leviticus 18 to Yom Kippur Afternoon, Rabbi Jeffrey Brown
7. Spirit of Jealousy, Spirit of Holiness: Timeless Insights from a Time-Bound Text, Rabbi Lisa J. Grushcow, DPhil
Personal Reflection: Kol Ishah—Sexuality and the Voice of a Woman, Rabbi Judith Z. Abrams, PhD
Personal Reflection: It Gets Beautiful—One Rabbi’s Perspective on Being Jewish and LGBTQ, Rabbi Andrea Myers
Part Two · God in the Bedroom, God in the Body: Theology and Identity
8. The Kavanah of the Bedroom: Sex and Intention in Jewish Law, Rabbi Marc Katz
9. Alone Together, Rabbi Daniel A. Lehrman, NCPsyA, LP
10. “Your Love Is Sweeter Than Wine”: Erotic Theology in Jewish Tradition, Rabbi Geoffrey W. Dennis
11. “Created by the Hand of Heaven”: Sex, Love, and the Androgynos, Rabbi Elliot Kukla
12. “Bisexual” Identity: A Guide for the Perplexed, Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman
13. Blessed Is God Who Changes Us: Theological Que(e)ries, Rabbi Nikki Lyn DeBlosi, PhD
14. Crafting an Inclusive Liturgical Mirror, Rabbi Camille Shira Angel
15. “What Kind of a Man Are You?”: Interethnic Sexual Encounter in Yiddish American Narratives, Jessica Kirzane
16. Between Sodom and Eden + 13: A Bar Mitzvah Look Back and Ahead, Lee Walzer
Personal Reflection: The Problem with Tz’niut—How Are Women (Not) Like Pastries?, Rabbi Dalia Marx, PhD
Personal Reflection: This Is the Way the World Ends, Rabbi Lisa Hochberg-Miller
Part Three · “A Progressive Religion”: Sexuality and the Reform Movement
17. Mission Statement, Central Conference of American Rabbis Ad Hoc Committee on Human Sexuality
18. Reform Jewish Sexual Values, Central Conference of American Rabbis Ad Hoc Committee on Human Sexuality (Rabbi Selig Salkowitz, DMin)
19. Embracing Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reform Jewish Innovation, Rabbi Denise L. Eger
20. To Ordain or Not to Ordain: The Tale of the CCAR Committee on Homosexuality and the Rabbinate, Rabbi Michal Loving
21. Assessing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Inclusion in the Reform Movement: A Promise Fulfilled or a Promise in Progress?, Joel L. Kushner, PsyD
22. Interview with Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz, Conducted by Rabbi Rachel M. Maimin, December 2012
Personal Reflection: The Difference a Signature Makes, Rabbi David Adelson
Personal Reflection: Change Is Possible, Rabbi Molly G. Kane
Personal Reflection: This Other Eden—Personal Reflections on Sexuality in the UK, Rabbi Deborah Kahn-Harris, PhD
Part Four · Beloved Companions: Jewish Marital Models
23. Jewish Marriage Innovations and Alterations: From Commercial/Legal Transaction to Spiritual Transformation, Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, DMin
24. Reading the Jewish Tradition on Marital Sexuality, Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz
25. The Ritual Sanctification of Same-Gender Relationships in Reform Judaism: An Eisegetical Approach, Rabbi Jonathan Stein
26. Marital Sexual Infidelity, Central Conference of American Rabbis Ad Hoc Committee on Human Sexuality
27. Scenes from a Marriage, Rabbi Janet R. Marder 1
28. Taharat HaMishpachah: A Renewed Look at the Concept of Family Purity, Rabbi Denise L. Eger
29. Getting Our Get Back: On Restoring the Ritual of Divorce in American Reform Judaism, Rabbi Mark Washofsky, PhD
Personal Reflection: Living Waters—Making Mikveh a Regular Practice, Rabbi Rebecca Einstein Schorr
Personal Reflection: Marriage Equality—Thank You God for This Amazing Day, Rabbi Michael Adam Latz
Part Five · Ages and Stages: Sexuality throughout Our Lives
Youth
30. Sexuality Education for Our Youth: Sacred Choices: Adolescent Relationships and Sexual Ethics, Rabbi Laura Novak Winer, RJE
31. The Magic of Sex-in-Text Education: A Key to Synagogue Relevance for Every Liberal Jew, Marcie Schoenberg Lee, MSW, MAJCS
32. One Model: A Sexuality Retreat for Teens, Rabbi Billy Dreskin
Fertility
33. Unplanned Fatherhood Rabbi Barry H. D. Block
34. Go and Learn from Abraham and Sarah: Jewish Responses to Facing Infertility, Daniel Kirzane and Rabbi Julie Pelc Adler
35. Blessings of the Breasts and of the Womb: Jewish Perspectives on Breastfeeding and the Female Breast, Rabbi Sharon G. Forman
36. Weaning: Personal and Biblical Reflections, Rabbi Deborah Kahn-Harris, PhD
Older Adulthood
37. Menopause, Rabbi Karen L. Fox, LMFT
38. With Eyes Undimmed and Vigor Unabated: Sex, Sexuality, and Older Adults, Rabbi Richard F. Address, DMin
39. When Alzheimer’s Turns a Spouse into a Stranger: Jewish Perspectives on Loving and Letting Go, Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, PhD, and Rabbi Laura Geller
Personal Reflection: Sexuality on Campus—Notes from the Field, Liya Rechtman
Personal Reflection: Coming Out All Over Again, Rabbi Rachel Gurevitz, PhD
Personal Reflection: The Rabbi and the Vibrator, Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Part Six · There Be Dragons: Issues, Ethics, and Boundaries
40. The Role of T’shuvah in Sexual Transgressions, Rabbi Stephen J. Einstein, DHL, DD
41. I Do? Consent and Coercion in Sexual Relations, Rabbi Mark Dratch
42. Sex Trafficking and Sex Slavery: History, Halachah, and Current Issues, Rabbi Leigh Lerner
43. The Impact of Catastrophe on Jewish Sexuality: Jewish Displaced Persons in Occupied Germany, 1945–1950, Margarete Myers Feinstein, PhD
44. Questioning Sexuality in Caribbean Reform Judaism: Two Perspectives, Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan, PhD, and Dr. Karen Carpenter, PhD, CST, PGCHE
45. What Not to Wear: Synagogue Edition, Rabbi Lisa J. Grushcow, DPhil
46. Sex and Technology: Creating Sacred Space in Cyberspace, Rabbi Elizabeth S. Wood and Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH
47. Judaism and Pornography, Rabbi Jonathan K. Crane, PhD
48. Jewish Views on Sexual Fantasy and Desire, Rabbi Edythe Held Mencher, LCSW
49. Release From Bondage: Sex, Suffering, and Sanctity, Rabbi Daniel A. Lehrman, NCPsyA, LP
Personal Reflection: Queering T’shuvah for Everyone, Jay Michaelson, PhD
Personal Reflection: Choose Life (and Be Not a Skunk)! Rabbi David Dunn Bauer
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