Exhibition Opening “Sex: Jewish Positions”
The exhibition plays with the differing perceptions of sexuality in Judaism. Modern and contemporary art, traditional artifacts, film, and new media illustrate a range of Jewish positions that have been discussed for centuries in the canon of rabbinic literature. From the central importance of marriage and procreation, via desire, taboos, and the questioning of social norms, to the eroticism of spirituality, the exhibition presents the whole spectrum of Jewish attitudes and shows that traditional debates are highly relevant to present-day Jewish positions on sexuality.
Thu, 16 May 2024, 7 pm
Where
Old Building, ground level, Glass Courtyard
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
An exhibition jointly conceived by the Jewish Museum Berlin and the Jewish Cultural Quarter, Amsterdam.
For the opening, there will be talks by Hetty Berg, Director, Jewish Museum Berlin, Emile Schrijver, General director, Joods Museum Amsterdam, Miriam Goldmann, Curator, Jewish Museum Berlin.
With music by Sasha Lurje and Ira Shiran.
We cordially invite you and your friends to the opening.
Sex: Jewish Positions: Features & Programme
- Exhibition Webpage
- Sex: Jewish Positions – 17 May to 6 Oct 2024
- Accompanying Events
- Performance and public guided tours with the exhibition’s artists – 17 May 2024
- 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
- 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 – 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 – in German
- Public tour – in Hebrew
- Bookable tours – for groups
- 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
