JMB Book Club – The Song of Songs
To accompany the exhibition Sex: Jewish Positions
Read along!
The new JMB Book Club is already entering its second round: To accompany the exhibition Sex: Jewish Positions, the JMB library is once again curating a selection of texts and books for us to read and discuss together. We will begin with the “original text” of Jewish sexuality – the Song of Songs.
Past event
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy, Library
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
Postal address: Lindenstraße 9-14, 10969 Berlin
There has been much discussion as to why this unusual series of erotic love poetry found its way into the canon of the Hebrew Bible. With the weight of his authority, Rabbi Akiva declared the “Song of Songs” to be the “holiest of the holy,” thereby contributing substantially to the establishment of this poem.
In conversation with Rabbi Jasmin Andriani, who leads the liberal Jewish community in Göttingen, we will explore the tension between holiness and eroticism in the Bible.
Various translations of the Song of Songs can be accessed via the following links:
| The book Song of Songs translated by Martin Buber (in German): | Gesang der Gesänge (windmuller.de) Hoheslied – Die Schrift (bibel.github.io) |
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| Unified translation (in German): | Hohelied 1 - Einheitsübersetzung (EUE) - Die-Bibel.de |
| Lutheran translation (in German): | Hoheslied 1 - Lutherbibel 2017 (LU17) - Die-Bibel.de |
Sex: Jewish Positions: Features & Programme
- Exhibition Webpage
- Sex: Jewish Positions: Exhibition, 17 May to 6 Oct 2024
- Accompanying Events
- The Song of Songs – Between Innocence and Audacity: Lecture by Ilana Pardes, 4 Jun 2024
- From Orthodox to Queer: SEX – Jewish Positions in Film, 23 Jun 2024
- Let’s read! The Song of Songs: JMB Bookclub, 26 Jun 2024, in German
- Let’s read! Portnoy’s Fear of Flying: JMB Bookclub, 24 Jul 2024, in German
- Holy Rebellion: Feminist and Queer Approaches to Halacha: Lecture and discussion with Ronit Irshai and Avigail Ben Dor Niv, 19 Sep 2024
- Publications
- Sex. Jüdische Positionen: Catalog accompanying the exhibition, German edition, 2024
- Sex: Jewish Positions: Catalog accompanying the exhibition, English edition, 2024
- Digital Content
- Letʼs Talk About Sex: Online feature accompanying the exhibition
- What do the artists say? Interview series accompanying the exhibition
- Listen to the exhibition’s soundtrack: Playlist on Spotify
- The Song of Songs. Between Literal and Allegorical Loves: Essay by Ilana Pardes
- “Sex Is A Force:” Interview with Talli Rosenbaum
- Androgynous Characters in I.B. Singer’s Literary Shtetl: Essay by Helena Lutz
- Jewish Places: Find information about Jewish sites related to the exhibition on our interactive map
- Tours & Workshops
- Public tour: Tour with fixed dates, in German
- Public tour: Tour with fixed dates
- Public tour: Tour with fixed dates, in Hebrew
- Bookable tours: Tours for groups
- Sex: Jewish Positions at the JMB library: Public guided tour through the museum’s library
- Hey you! Flirting without Sexism: Workshop for students with drama-pedagogical elements on the exhibition
- Duty and Pleasure: Workshop for adults
- See also
- Jüdisches Film Festival Berlin | Brandenburg: Film series in cooperation with the Jewish Museum Berlin
