Why is this creep “rabbi” getting so turned on in middle of this?!?!?

This podcast reminds me of a story of a restaurant in Paris. The restaurant was owned by a non-religious Israeli, written in big Hebrew letters Kosher on the front of the restaurant. In this case this restaurant was anything but kosher, however deceiving the uneducated naive tourists who are unfamiliar with the area snagging them into the restaurant. This podcast is exactly that! Calling yourself orthodox, religious at the very same time going totally against the Torah by twisting and manipulating the words into “what G-D meant in 2022”, and by you being a “Rabbi“ makes this obviously OK. I’m totall on board with conversation, discussion, new ideas. But don’t you ever think for a second that what you’re doing is in anyway kosher or okay. Again, I want to clarify I’m not telling you that you should shut down the podcast, however just rebrand it nothing to do with Judaism. Because what your doing serving Chazer Treif and labeling it kosher.

Great concept, but not good if you want a true Torah Observant perspective on these topics. As another reviewer mentioned, this show is almost entirely about finding loopholes in Halacha and in doing so making Jewish law more palatable to those who don’t really want to follow it anyway.

How can a self-professed “orthodox” rabbi express the falsehood that there is no prohibition for a man to view pornography? Isn’t the shulchan aruch clear about the prohibition of a man looking at areas of a woman’s body that are normally covered (other than ones wife)? This is a distortion of halacha. And it is just one example of his twisting or ignoring basic halacha to permit just about anything.

The logic used in this podcast so often seems to go opposite to how it should in religion of commandments with these loopholes; they say "this is what I want to do, so let me find any piece of scripture that can be stretched to permit it". I'm by no means a perfect nor always great Jew, but I think it's better to apologize to G-d and ask forgiveness for shortcomings, not to find a loophole. That being said, I do like the educational elements to this show, or when relationships are examined without resorting to finding hard-to-believe loopholes.

I love how this podcast tackles real issues from a feminist halachic stance. This is intellectually stimulating and highly engaging!

In my opinion, this fantastic podcast succeeds in being both seriously traditional and seriously radical in how these issues related to sex and sexuality are discussed (though obviously my sense of that is influenced by where I am in the community). Dr. Marcus and Rabbi Linzer and the moderator, Rebecca Honig Friedman are all amazingly modest yet also not afraid to show how smart they are. The Rabbi and Dr. model friendly but serious disagreement. The whole thing is enlightening, refreshing, and cracks open such important areas -- for women to be involved in the discussion of traditional attitudes towards sex; for people to really listen to each other and agree or disagree harmoniously; for people just to talk about this part of life that tends to make all of us (religious or not) squeamish but we know is so important. Thank you to those who make the podcast!

The rabbi on this podcast sounds like he's getting turned on. Ew ew ew

As someone in the midst of converting to Judaism, The Joy of Text is an excellent source of knowledge, resources, and reassurance. The kindness and expertise expressed on this podcast makes it so wonderful to listen to, I’m always looking forward to the next episode. Thanks for all that you do!

I don't agree with everything the rabbi says, but this show opens many important conversations. A great contribution to the Jewish community.

Thank you, Rabbi and Rabba and Dr. - for bringing these important topics to the pod world.

While I enjoy the topic of sex, sexuality, gender, and Judaism to begin with, what makes this podcast unique is the back-and-forth between Rabbi Linzer and Dr. Batsheva Marcus. They both bring different perspectives, which are nuanced by their various fields of study, and give over answers in ways that are sensitive and truly connect listeners back to the “bigger picture” - Judaism. Dr. Marcus has a great laugh and a truly fantastic sense of humor that comes across very well. By the end of the episodes, you want her to be your friend/mentor and Rabbi Linzer to be your Rav.

An opened, unashamed, halachic and sociological perspective on sexual topics in the religious Jewish community. Definitely comes from a more left-leaning standpoint but the nature of discussion is broad.

I was hoping for a real exploration of the Orthodox perspective on sexual issues, even if not PC. On this podcast, a liberal sex therapist pretty much says everything is permissible, and the Rabbi agrees with her. On one episode, an LGBT activist said she prefers to ignore the pasuk in Leviticus forbidding male relations. This is the Orthodox approach?