12 · The Love Issue

From Talmud to Tivo

Can religion and reality television co-exist? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach takes Judaism—and his own outsized personality—beyond the book and onto the small screen.

In a Different Light

The night Eric first fell in love he was caught jerking off at his Hebrew school teacher's house.

Chairman of the Broads

You wouldn't guess from the looks of him, but Ross Jeffries is a skirt-chasing shaman who presides over a vast Speed Seduction empire.

The Loves That Dare Not Speak Their Names

When intermarriage is pandemic, shouldn't it give one comfort to know that some Jews yearn to be in as many Jewish relationships as possible... simultaneously?

Nobody’s Nobody

Meital Dohan is such a big star in Israel, if she so much as spits in Tel-Aviv, it lands in the _Yedioth Ahronoth_ gossip column. The award-winning actress has become a household name from her TV roles in _Elvis_ and the Israeli _Ugly Betty_, as well as starring turns in the films _Disphoria_ and _God’s...