Judaism and Nudity

A conversation with Art Vernon, a naturist and a rabbi, who believes that social nudity does not violate his religious beliefs and traces the origins of non-sexual nudity to the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Rabbi Vernon discovered social nudity at Fire Island National Seashore about 15 years ago. In the years following, he has practiced naturism in the United States and in Israel and he relates some of his experience as the only nude bather on Israeli beaches. He has also been surprised to discover naturists among Orthodox Jews.

Links to useful information and items mentioned in this episode:
(note that the links only work on the show’s website because they are stripped out of the RSS feed due to common distributor rules forbidding direct links to nudity)

• Gunnison Beach
• Fire Island National Seashore
• Israeli Naturist Federation
• Tel Aviv Pride Parade
• Haifa Pride Parade
• Shangri-La Ranch

Photo: A Menorah with the Star of David in front of a naturist woman

Episode CLXXI

NOTE: Due to censorship rules, links only work on the main show website at naturistlivingshow.com.