Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Judaism and Sex (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
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Date: 23 April 2009
Heavenly Sex
She’s Jewish, she’s 4-foot-7, and she likes to see the Torah as an ancient sex manual. The one and only Dr. Ruth explains the sanctity of sex - good sex - in Jewish law.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, sex therapist and author of Heavenly Sex: Sexuality in the Jewish Tradition
The Rise of the Holocaust Film
Begins at 23 min 29 sec
Barbed wire fences....shiny Nazi lapel pins...trains - if they're all in a movie, it's probably about the Holocaust. Laura Kwerel talks to New York Times film critic A.O. Scott about how these Hollywood depictions might actually change the way we remember the Shoah.
A.O. Scott, film critic for the New York Times
Gay and Lesbian Muslims, On a 'Jihad' for Love
Begins at 42 min
A short passage in the Koran, along with a handful of quotes attributed to the prophet Muhammed, condemn homosexuality as a crime in the eyes of some Islamic scholars. A new documentary called "A Jihad for Love" tells the stories of more than a dozen gay and lesbian Muslims from around the world—all struggling to reconcile their sexuality with their love for Allah.
The film is now available on DVD.
Parvez Sharma, director of A Jihad For Love
Mushin Hendricks, a subject of the documentary
StoryCorps: Janet Lutz, Hospital Chaplain
Begins at 48 min 27 sec
Janet Lutz worked for more than 30 years as a hospital chaplain. Before retiring, she came to a StoryCorps booth in Atlanta, Ga. to tell a friend about the quiet acts of kindness and prayer that happen every day in hospitals.
