Sex: Jewish Positions
Catalog Accompanying the Exhibition
Unorthodox, Shtisel, and Jewish Matchmaking — these popular TV shows cater to a surprising desire for a peek into the intimate life of Jews.
Whether their protagonists are ultra-Orthodox, secular or somewhere in between, pop culture simplifies a topic that has been the subject of profound debate within the Jewish world ever since the commandment to “be fruitful and multiply.” Rabbis and religious scholars, sex therapists, scientists and artists grapple with traditional ideas and contemporary challenges, and explore Jewish positions on sexuality, in all its diversity.
Details
- Sex: Jewish Positions
224 pages, 80 illustrations in colour
20 x 24 cm, paperback with flaps
Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Berlin 2024
ISBN: 978-3-7774-4329-4
English (also available in German)
- EditorsMiriam Goldmann, Joanne Rosenthal and Titia Zoeter
- Contributions byNathan Abrams, Rainer Herrn, Ronit Irshai, Gail Levin, Evyatar Marienberg, Jay Michaelson, Ilana Pardes, Ilka Quindeau, Michal Raucher, Talli Rosenbaum, David Sperber, Gil Yefman
- TranslationsAdam Blauhut, Allison Brown, Jake Schneider (German–English), Sylvia Zirden (English–German), Anne Birkenhauer (Hebrew–German)
- Design o t. essays on typography
- Price 39.90€
Cover of Sex: Jewish Positions (English edition); design: e o t. essays on typography, Berlin 2024
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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