Eight facts about Orthodox Jews from the Pew Research survey
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Eight facts about Orthodox Jews from the Pew Research survey

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For more observant Jews, foregoing foreskin is just one of many rules and customs that govern how and when a couple can canoodle. And while the Torah Part I of the Bible for all you goyem does make certain prescriptions for how and when you get to know each other biblically, certain cultural customs vary between — and often within — sects.

No matter where they may or may not stand on Christ, fans of the the Old Testament and New join ranks with just about every religious sect by disapproving of premarital sex .

On her fourth date with the man who’s now her husband, Lily was as “modern Orthodox/Yeshivish,” being set up through a matchmaker, Jews, because he feels that non-Orthodox Jews have limited dating resources.

I first learned about sex in the bathroom of my co-ed yeshiva day school when I was eight. I was too scared to ask my parents or teachers and embarrassed to ask my friends to clarify; I wouldn’t hear about sex from my teachers until I was nearly I grew up in Teaneck, a town of 40, in northern New Jersey, which has, by my count, at least 18 Orthodox synagogues. For the first 17 years of my life, I split my time in a variety of Modern Orthodox Jewish schools in Manhattan, Paramus, and Riverdale.

Half the day was devoted to Jewish classes with the other half committed to a secular curriculum. We’d study Talmud, but still read Harry Potter. We’d observe the Sabbath, but still discuss last night’s episode of The OC. Despite my relatively-liberal religious upbringing at least compared to many other Orthodox Jews , there were still limitations and filters through which we learned about the world around us.

For example, talking about sex was something that just didn’t happen. Nevertheless, thanks to pop culture and the internet, I pieced together some information about intercourse the way any preteen might.