Rabbi Michael Gold

Here is the opening paragraph of my new book The Rabbi's S*x Class.

If I had known that teaching a class on s*xual ethics at a
suburban Jewish parochial school would cost me my job as a rabbi,
I never would have volunteered. What could be the downside? A
rabbi teaching a group of high school students, many from his own
synagogue, about s*xual behavior, seemed like a good idea. Where
else would they learn right and wrong? From their friends? From
the internet? From social media? Everyone tried to talk me out of
it. The school. My synagogue. Even my wife. But I persisted,
feeling this was important. And that is how the trouble started.

I invite you to read it, and review it.

The Rabbi's S*x Class Rabbi Efraim Williams volunteers to teach a class on Jewish s*xual ethics to the students at a local Jewish high school. He wants to find an authentic middle ground between the strict observance of the ultra-Orthodox rabbi who teaches in the school and the s*xual freedom of contemporary American ...

Dear Friends, My new book The Rabbi’s S*x Class is not simply a novel, it is filled with Jewish sources in Hebrew and English. It also contains numerous discussion topics. Here is one of those discussions. I would love to hear your responses. Rabbi Michael Gold

Discussion: The Evil Inclination and the Id – Rabbi Williams speaks of the evil inclination, which he identifies with our appetites out of control, particularly our s*xual appetite. Sigmund Freud, born Jewish but an atheist, speaks of the id or inner drives, particularly the s*xual drive. Is the id the same as the evil inclination? Was Freud influenced by his Jewish upbringing? What is the meaning of Ben Zoma’s teaching, “Who is strong? Whoever controls their inclination?”

Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Rabbis-S*x-Class-Michael-Gold-ebook/dp/B0BRHPJSQ6

Book trailer: https://youtu.be/I6BPxMNdESk

The Rabbi's S*x Class book trailer This is a book trailer for the Jewish Fiction novel The Rabbi's S*x Class by Michael Gold, published through ShelteringTree.Earth, LLC (c) 2023. Rabbi Efraim...

I have begun uploading my Introduction to Philosophy class onto my Youtube page. More lectures coming shortly.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRN5stYLya3i7h5QyUb-V9vmbE8C26Rxv

Again, my lecture series Jewish S*xual Ethics is available to my supporters on my patreon page.
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See the first lecture in my course Jewish S*xual Ethics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vggqFIpG0xg

Get the full course by becoming a patron on my patreon.com page.

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