Seymour Hoffman:

Standards of Sexual Modesty, Gender Separation and Homosexuality: Rabbinic and Psychological Views

Essays. 128 pages.

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Table of Contents:

Acknowledgement

Dedication

Modesty and Sexuality in Halakhic Literature

The Trend Toward Extremely Stringent Standards of Sexual Modesty and Gender Separation

Desexualizing Public Space

Psychological Effects of Extreme Standards of Sexual Modesty and Gender Separation

Hormone Suppressants for Yeshiva Students with Smartphones?

Psychotherapy “Kashir” or Kosher Badatz: Cross-Gender Therapy

Determinants of the Intimate Lives of Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) Jewish Couples

Gur Hasidim and Sexual Separation

Neturei Karta’s Modesty Patrols

Judaism and Homosexuality: An Alternate Rabbinic View

Initial Religious Counseling for a Male Orthodox Adolescent Homosexual

Responsa: “Couple Therapy” with a Suicidal Homosexual Patient

Same-Sex Attraction (SSA): Beyond the Rhetoric

ISBN 9781595694010

This book contains articles authored by rabbis, mental health professionals and scholars on several sensitive and controversial topics in Judaism. The first half of the book deals with the extreme standards of sexual modesty and gender separation in the haredi, Gur Hasidim and Neturei Karta communities and the psychological and sociological ramifications. Also included are the views and reactions of rabbis and mental health practitioners regarding the issue of therapists treating patients of the opposite sex.

In the second half of the book, the issue of homosexuality is discussed: How should one view homosexuality, how should the religious community relate to homosexuals in general and religious homosexuals in particular – and the issue of psychological treatment of homosexuals. Included also is a responsa (religious ruling) by a prominent rabbi regarding “couple” therapy with a suicidal homosexual. I believe that mental health practitioners, rabbis as well as the lay public will find the book interesting, informative and a worth while read.

—Frumi Gottlieb, M.S.W.