Better ways to talk to kids about sex, a conversation about trans Jewish identity with Joy Ladin, and a listener asks about his gender-bending fetish.

In this episode: Can pornography have a place in an observant Jewish life? Plus, a principal talks about his school’s approach to sex ed, and a question about revealing one’s past sexual history.

In the first segment, our hosts discuss the legality and reality of pre/nonmarital sex.

Then they interview New York Times columnist Mark Oppenheimer about how different religions engage with modern sexual norms and how the dynamics of enforcement and religious authority affect internal change.

Finally, they give a short answer to a listener question about threesomes.

Our hosts talk about the meaning of “virginity” in medicine and Jewish law. Then they talk with Dr. Joel Hecker about sexuality and Jewish mysticism.

In the Q&A: What happens when the rules about physical intimacy clash with a mother’s postpartum depression?

The Joy of Text is produced by Jewish Public Media and co-sponsored by YCT’s Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies and JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance.

In this episode, Dr. Marcus and Rabbi Linzer tackle female masturbation and interview Miryam Kabakov about Eshel, a group for LGBT Orthodox Jews. In the Q&A: is it permissible to talk “dirty?”

This episode was recorded live at Limmud NY.

Our second episode! This one is short, just a couple of questions. But they’re good questions.

1. If Orthodox Jews are having sex before marriage, should they use condoms to prevent STDs?

2. How should moms talk to their kids about going to the mikvah? And when?

Featuring Rabbi Dov Linzer, Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus, and Ramie Smith.

Our first episode! We talk about fantasy: is there such thing as a “normal” fantasy? What’s the history of fantasizing in Judaism? What does Jewish law have to say about it?

We also interviewed Michael Lesher about his new book on covering up sexual abuse in Orthodox communities.

Finally, we respond to a couple of listener questions about Kama Sutra cards and vibrators.