B.J.s At the Back of Bus, No Big Deal?

We came across a most disturbing article in the Jewish feminist magazine Lilith about the social epidemic of girls as young as 12 giving blow-jobs in return for popularity. "Oral sex is so common now, people don't even think of it as bad anymore," says one 13 year-old. "It's cool if you do it." And they're doing it- at school, at the back of the bus ("I was bored"), even at bar and bat mitzvah parties. It's all one-way- that is, girls on guys- so the slut stigma doesn't apply since the girls keep their pants on. Some parents not only know about it, but condone this, arguing that everyone's still a virgin, so no harm done, right?
Um, we hate to sound like prudes here, but a lot has changed in the 20 years since our bar/bat mitzvah season. First of all, if any girl stuck a penis in her mouth back then, she'd be vilified as the skank she was. Second, even though this the traditional age of adulthood for Jews, aren't these junior high students (who dress like porn fantasies in their teeny tops and platform shoes) still (at least partly) children? We know that movies like Thirteen and other exposes about the secret life of teens are just telling it like it us, but we can't help thinking this is so icky. 13, dude! Too young! Guess that means we're old.
Although the full article in not online yet, you can order a back issue here.

We Just Think It's Funny Now

Though most Jewish blogs despise the marketing meshugganahs of the Kabbalah Center for their watered-down, milquetoast-y version of Jewish mysticism with a venom that could give you an ulcer, we just can't get worked up about it, it being a free country and all. The Bergs have twisted their version of Judaism into a tidy revenue source for themselves, how can you begrudge that? (Besides, we'll admit it. We love the celebrity trash factor.) Jay Michaelson takes a sage look at what the Kabbalah Center actually teaches in this week's Forward, giving it an attempt at a fair shake: "at least the Kabbalah Centre is selling superficial spirituality; sometimes I feel like the mainstream Jewish community is just pushing bagels."
In other news of concern to shallow fame whores, uber-skank Paris Hilton has returned to the fold since dumping Plastic Ken Doll Nick Carter (or maybe it was him who called her a psycho nympho) saying that she coped by going straight to the Kabbalah Center in L.A., gabbing with everyone about the break-up and buying herself a dandy new red string bracelet.
It's pretty obvious from the people who frequent the Kabbalah Center that there is no threat to actual Jewish life. Why all the hatred?