Alder, Rachel. "Justice and Peace Shall Kiss,” in Engendering Judaism: An Inclusive Theology and Ethics. Jewish Publication Society, 1998.
Promotes a new Jewish sexual ethic based on mutuality instead of domination and subordination. This new ethic is based on the eroticism of the Song of Songs and the generosity exemplified in the Book of Ruth.
Dorff, Rabbi Elliott N., This is My Beloved, This is My Friend: A Rabbinic Letter on Human Intimacy. Pamphlet published by the Rabbinical Assembly, 1996.
Written by a leading thinker in the Conservative movement, this statement emerged from the work of the RA’s Commission on Human Sexuality. While affirming some important traditional Jewish concepts (e.g. modesty and fidelity), it also expands traditional Jewish approaches on some issues (e.g. homosexuality and premarital sex).
Greenberg, Blu. "Female Sexuality and Bodily Functions,” in Women, Religion and Sexuality. Ed. Jeanne Becher. Trinity Press International, 1991.
Examines at how women’s life events have been viewed in traditional Jewish texts ("Bodily functions are celebrated…yet they are also circumscribed), and gives examples of new ceremonies that have been created to ritualize these moments. Also discusses Jewish traditions on conception, pregnancy, and sexuality.
Isaacs, Ronald H. Every Person's Guide to Jewish Sexuality. Jason Aronson, 2001.
Presents a broad spectrum of issues and information related to sexuality in Jewish history, culture, and law.
Magonet, Jonathan, Ed. Jewish Explorations of Sexuality. Berghahn Books, 1995.
An anthology including in biblical, rabbinic, mystical and chasidic texts; gay and lesbian experiences; a Jewish therapeutic view of sexuality; and how modern Freudian/psychological attitudes and scientific advances affect traditional Jewish views on sex.
Schneider, Susan Weidman. "Our Bodies,” in Jewish and Female: Choices and Changes in Our Lives Today. Simon and Schuster, 1984.
One of the first Jewish feminist explorations of women’s sexuality, including mikveh use, reproduction, and contraception, and an analysis of Jewish women’s body image issues.
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