Here are my favorite sections of the Jewish Journal report on LimmudLA: …for three days and nights of Jews doing Jewish right. …But more than what you learn, LimmudLA is about with whom you learn: It offers a chance for Jews of various and often opposing backgrounds to study, eat or just...

Tact: 2 : a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense. (From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online) My grandmother drilled the need to be tactful towards others as a child. My grandmother pointed out how adults can do things in front of other pe...

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ;Let me take the speck out of your eye when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?"" Matthew 7: 3,4 (New International Versi...

When was the last time you saw something on your Blackberry of a friend of yours was “sextingâ€� in a photo they’ve sent you? Don’t know what I’m talking about? Good. I didn’t until hearing the terms passed around lately in the news and around young people. According to the...

I must admit when it comes to the polyamory world I tend to be a bit on the somewhat clueless side. It’s not because I don’t know about the world of polyamorous lifestyle, but because I can’t imagine myself being with more than one mate/girlfriend in my life. But there are couples,...

I have heard every type of sermon in 30 years time ranging from the typical foundational teachings to Dr. Seuss (if you can believe it) as a reference for deeper truths. But the more typical subjects on sexual issues and relationship issues in the church and elsewhere range from marriage, single dat...

Janet Jackson got a bum rap! Or is that "boob" rap? You remember the furor over Michael’s little sister and the infamous flash seen round the world at the Super Bowl a few years ago? CBS is still trying to recover from the whole incident; it is also trying to recover some cash after ...

There are many threats facing our nation today: global warming, the economy, terrorism, health care, etc. None of these stack up against the greatest threat facing us today: the proliferation of sex toys. At least it was a problem in the state of Texas until a Federal Appeals court overturned a stat...

It is one of the most thankless jobs in the world. Men and women sprawling on makeshift movie sets–indoors or outdoors, rain or shine–to bring the public what they want to see: Sex and nakedness on their local tube or computer screen. Porn is a booming business  From posing naked bo...

Shelby Knox is one of my biggest heroes! Who is she? She was a Lubbock, Texas high school student (she’s now in college as of this writing), a church attendee, and comes from a conservative home. Knox was also the subject of the PBS series “P.O.V.� called “The Education of Shelby Knox� whe...