Chelly Wilson, Queen of the Deuce, Matron of Sleaze
How do we remember the infamous Greek Jewish lesbian immigrant porn theater boss Chelly Wilson? Lauren Hakimi reviews the documentary “Queen Of The Deuce,” showing at DOC NYC.
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The Continuing Conversation On Jewish Youth Hookup Culture
Notes from “New Perspectives on Jewish Youth Hookup Culture,” a panel event hosted by New Voices Magazine, Lilith Magazine, and the Jewish Women’s Archive.
Dear Jewish Queeries: My Mom Wants Grandchildren, But I Don’t Want Kids
Broader Jewish culture will have us believe that “being fruitful and multiplying” can only exist within a heterosexual context. This culture may create the means for “Jewish multiplication” but at the cost of whose fruitfulness?
Stories From The Toxic Sexual Culture of Jewish Teen Spaces
As North American Jews have struggled to come to grips with #MeToo era questions of consent, continuity, heteronormativity, and harm, four writers have come forward to share their personal experiences within Jewish youth spaces’ pressure-based sexual culture at camps and youth groups.
Investigation: How Jewish Youth Groups Are Breeding A Toxic Sexual Culture For Teens
For decades, major Jewish youth groups have cultivated pressure-based teen sexual cultures, leaving Jewish youth without support or education about sexuality and consent.
Jewish Queeries Series: The Modern Yentas
Real advice. Real Nice Jewish Queers. Introducing the Jewish Queeries Series.
Beyond Continuity: Speaking Out Against Toxic Hookup Culture in Jewish Youth Groups
“Four years after my entry into youth groups, I’ve finally been able to process the harmful culture I was subjected to. Now, I’m more than ready to join a discussion about consent and power in Jewish spaces; there is still much work to be done, and we need participation from the community as a whole in order to create a healthier culture for every Jewish teen.”
Besamim for Heartbreak: A New Jewish Zine
What happens when two people in an interwoven community break up? A confessional glimpse into ritual and relationships, “Besamim for Heartbreak” braids together archival research, poetry, ritual practice, collage, embroidery, illustration and personal narrative, in a new zine centered around Besamim, the Jewish practice of smelling spices.
College Relationships in the Time of Quarantine
While states apart isn’t the preferred distance for many couples, for the time being, it seems like it will have to be the norm.
At what point does exploitation become inappropriate?
I love over-the-top, grindhouse, Tarantino-esque exploitation B-movies as much as the next Nice Jewish Boy™ — but sometimes I wonder if there’s a cut-off for when the blatant mocking of reality goes a little too far. I’m not talking about the explicit use of sex, drugs, violence and cursing; these elements are the essential cornerstones…
‘Gay!’ vs. ‘Goy!’: Examining ‘Manliness’ in Yeshiva vs. Public High Schools
This semester, I read C. J. Pascoe’s Dude, You’re A Fag, an ethnography of a typical American public high school. To summarize some of Pascoe’s “findings” (I put “findings” in quotes because to most teenaged American boys, what follows may come as no surprise), high school boys become men in a two-part process: 1) embracing…
Force-Feeding Hunger Strikers is Wrong and Illegal No Matter What
The context in which the force-feeding bill is passing through the Israeli Knesset is clear. Ziva Miral, a spokesperson from the Israeli Medical Association said that the practice “goes against the DNA of the doctors to force treatment on a patient…force-feeding is torture, and we can’t have doctors participating in torture.” The bill has…
Torah Secrets for Avoiding Hangovers, Cheating Partners, and Jewfros
In this week’s Torah portion, Naso, we receive two new laws. First, is the law of Sotah, a process in which women accused of adultery are given a special water that will prove whether they are innocent or guilty, then the Nazirite, someone who has taken a special oath to not drink alcohol, cut…
Try to Read This and Not Think About Sex
“You shall be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy.” Parashat Kedoshim begins with this powerful command, telling us to be holy because God is holy. It pushes us, giving us an expectation that we just can’t work our way around. We aren’t commanded to be holy because it will extend our lives,…
Naughty Jewish Boys – Yes, Bubbe, They do Exist
In a studio in New York’s theater district, Duncan Pflaster, a playwright and part-time photographer, was unpacking props for his photoshoot: yarmulkes, a menorah, and a book called The Jewish Pleasure Principle. Mr. Pflaster isn’t doing a swimsuit calendar — he’s creating the Naughty Jewish Boys calendar, which will feature a Jewish man in various…