Jewish Sex: A New Look at an Old Act

We’re whiny in bed. Or too aggressive. Or too entitled. These are just a few of the assumptions and stereotypes about Jewish women’s behavior in bed. But what are we really like beneath the sheets? What are some of the turn-ons and -offs we haven’t read a million times? In this issue we teamed up with the editorial staff of Jewcy (www.jewcy.com), who helped us compile some fabulous personal essays that explore new ways to look at an old topic.

Michelle Cove, Editor, mcove@brandeis.edu

In This Issue

• The Mikveh as Foreplay

  Frankly, I think non-Orthodox Jewish women could take some notes on sex from Orthodox women.

• Jewish Smut-Writer Available

  How I went from an NYU law student to editor of sex anthologies.

• Sex and the Suburbs

  Find out what Monica Lewinsky has to do with bar mitzvah gifts.

• From the Other Side of the Wall

  Three “lesbo-sensuous” Yiddish poems from around the world.

• Intimate Moments in an Indian Apartment Complex

  A look inside the wild pages of Esther David’s Shalom India Housing Society

• The Matchmaking Gene

  In an effort to stop her daughter from sleeping with non-Jewish guys, one Jewish mom works overtime to get her daughter partnered.

• Resources – Vol 3, Issue 4

  A sampling of resources that provide more information on Jews and some of our attitudes and laws about sex.