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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

sex education

A still of Dr. Ruth Westheimer speaking with WNYC from the film 'Ask Dr. Ruth.' (Courtesy of Sundance Institute/David Paul Jacobson)
July 13, 2024, 6:19 pm
World famous Jewish sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer dies at 96
Talk show host, who became a cultural icon decades after surviving Holocaust and fighting for Israel’s independence, was fond of citing her grandkids to say ‘Hitler lost and I won’
By Amy Spiro
Noam party leader Avi Maoz at a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 12, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 10, 2023, 9:08 pm
Far-right deputy minister’s bill would bar teaching sex orientation before 9th grade
Avi Maoz’s legislation would then only allow lessons on sexual and gender identity if principal signs off, 75% of parents consent and all students do too
By ToI Staff
Activists from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community in Lebanon shout slogans and hold up a rainbow flags as they march in which they are calling on the government for more rights in the country gripped by economic and financial crisis during ongoing protests in Beirut, Lebanon, June 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
May 18, 2021, 10:01 am
Taboo-breaking Arab podcasts shatter silence surrounding sexuality
Hundreds of thousands of people listen to programs that are providing reliable and relatable content
By Hashem Osseiran
Dr. Ruth Westheimer in her Washington Heights, New York apartment. (Cathryn J. Prince/ Times of Israel)
June 30, 2018, 6:25 am
At 90, spunky Dr. Ruth Westheimer now focuses on what comes before foreplay
With a new TV show in the works, the contagiously cheery Holocaust survivor continues to help couples maintain a healthy intimate relationship — even in a sterile online world
By Cathryn J. Prince
An ultra-Orthodox father walks his children to Antwerp's Jesode Hatorah school. (illustrative photo: Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
February 21, 2018, 8:58 am
Antwerp Orthodox school renounces document banning teaching evolution, sex ed
Benoth Jerusalem girls’ high school says employee wrong to hand teachers instructions not to speak to students about politics, racism after state funds risked
By JTA
In this Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 photo, Mahboobeh Zeinali, who is HIV-positive, attends an acting class at Reviving Values aid group institute in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
November 29, 2017, 11:28 am
Iran challenges taboos on discussing sex, as HIV rate rises
Authorities in country where extramarital sex is prohibited seeing a surge in infections, with nearly half of carriers unaware they have the virus
By MEHDI FATTAHI and Amir Vahdat
Shannon Nuszen
July 2, 2017, 2:28 pm
Shannon Nuszen
Sex ed in the marketplace
A grisly campaign against human trafficking and prostitution shocks the lunch crowd
Judith Fogel
June 16, 2017, 1:21 pm
Judith Fogel
Talk to the kids about sex (HBO is!)
Parents share their sexual values with their children by making ‘the talk’ an ongoing age-appropriate discussion
Judith Fogel
June 8, 2017, 3:30 pm
Judith Fogel
Millennials and intimacy
What today’s Orthodox young couples need to know before marriage — it ain’t your grandparents’ whispered conversation
Aryeh Eisenberg
March 29, 2017, 3:22 pm
Aryeh Eisenberg
Too young for sex ed
How an innocent I-Love-You WhatsApp message opened a whole can of worms in an Orthodox 4th-grade classroom
Rachel Hercman
February 16, 2017, 1:54 pm
Rachel Hercman
The learning curve for sexual intimacy
The couples who brave intimate assistance as they plan a lifetime together should be commended for daring to grow
President Donald Trump shows off a signed executive order to reinstitute a policy barring any recipient of US assistance from performing or promoting abortions abroad with money they receive from non-US sources, January 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
January 26, 2017, 11:46 am
Belgians join Dutch move to outflank Trump’s anti-abortion plans
Following US ban, Europeans states to form international fund for access to birth control, abortion and sex education in developing countries
By Raf Casert
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