וַתִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ לִפְנֵ֣י הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א הָאָ֖רֶץ חָמָֽס:
Now the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth became full of robbery.
ותשחת: לשון ערוה ועבודה זרה, כמו (דברים ד טז) פן תשחיתון, כי השחית כל בשר וגו':
was corrupt: Heb. וַתִּשָּׁחֵת is an expression of immorality and idolatry. (other editions add: immorality, “for all flesh had corrupted (הִשְׁחִית) its way,” and idolatry), as in (Deut. 4:16): “Lest you deal corruptly (תַּשְׁחִיתוּן).” - [Sanh. 56b, 57a]
A few months ago the following was reported [on Arutz Sheva and other sites]:
Controversy surrounding a conference highlighting the subject of polyamory [having multiple sexual partners] that is scheduled to take place at Bar Ilan University refuses to die down.
On Tuesday, a conference titled "Treatment Issues in Polyamory" will take place at the Religious Zionist institution. The event will highlight various kinds of alternative marriages, with panels slated to be held "On Polyamory, Open Relationships and Judgment in the Therapeutic Space" and “Polyamory — Fusion and Healing in the Face of Fracture”.
The event has caused an uproar at the institution, with upwards of 2,000 students and faculty alike signing a petition this week protesting the event as one that "destroys families". Demonstrations have also been held outside the house of Bar Ilan University Rector Miriam Faust and students received emails and text messages imploring them to flood university management with complaints.
"If you also think that adultery and betrayal destroy the family, write to Miriam Faust what do you think about the 'professional' polygamous conference hosted by Bar-Ilan University," wrote the messages.
Now, Bar Ilan University has been taking several steps in an attempt to quell the growing outrage as the controversy only continues to build. The university has ramped up security to an "unprecedented level" after the moderator scheduled to host the event said that she feared for her physical safety.
Meanwhile, booklets promoting the conference have been changed and do not include racy quotes that graced the original version. In addition, a lecture that was formally titled "A Painful Compromise Whose Name Is Polyamory" has been renamed and is now called "Polyamory: Associations Of Impulse And Anxiety And Clinical Patterns In Professional And Public Attitudes To The Phenomenon".
Another panel headed by a sex therapist has its monicker changed from "Another Longing" to "Reconnecting And Healing In The Face Of Fracture". A scheduled monologue by the actress Esti Zakheim titled "Project Sex" is now advertised as simply a "Monologue".
Now they decided that boys don't have to wear yarmulkes and that girls can wear shorts and miniskirts etc.
A shame. Bar Ilan sounded like a good idea when it started - a religious university.
Religious no more.
