Written by Rachel, a member of the world’s most famous threesome. (The Biblical figures and sisters Rachel and Leah shared a husband – Jacob – and an interesting if complicated relationship.) Rachel is a first-time Jewrotica writer.
It starts as a fantasy.
We’re nine hours into what will be a 12-hour epic journey across the country, driving to a beachfront rental where we will be the only minorities in a fifty-mile radius.
He motions to a runner on the side of the one-lane road, which is crawling with SUVs bedecked with the flotsam and jetsam of outdoorsy families on vacation: bike racks, surfboards, kayaks, rooftop pods. “Elephant,” he says.
Elephants and Aardvarks started as a joke: a game in which we scoped out hotasses of either gender in order to assess each other’s taste. It often led to light-hearted jokes about an open relationship. Now, we take it seriously, amazed at how different our preferences are. We laugh about how neither of us would ever catch the other’s eye in a street game like this. That’s the beauty of the game: it’s unbelievably shallow, and allows for the fact that objective good looks don’t necessarily translate into attraction. It’s hard to say if either of us is conventionally attractive–our game illustrates the wide swathes of meaning in the term–but it also doesn’t matter. We are attractive to each other.
I came to the relationship less experienced. Or: my experience was wide and shallow, whereas his was focused and deep. His longest relationship had lasted four years, mine for two fractious months. He could remember his “number” off the top of his head; I had to scan a half-forgotten registry of drunken hookups to arrive at some approximation of mine. Neither of us was looking for anything serious when we met, but for once, my sexual misadventures had landed me in that scary place where The Feelings lived. And The Feelings were telling me that I loved this man, and he loved me back. It was a riotous, confusing place to be.
We had recently dug ourselves out of a pit of sexual frustration, brought on by a month-long yeast infection (seriously) and the uncertainty of our future. He was Serious About Us; I am perennially unsure–a legacy bequeathed as much by twelve years of ideologically unsatisfying Orthodox education as by being in my mid-twenties. In the past few years, I had ping-ponged from self-righteous contumacy to apathy to a nebulous rapprochement between what I wanted and what I was told to do. That summer, I was practicing the art of Not Giving a Fuck.
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My opinion on Jewrotica is: It’s sexy. It’s awesome. It’s Judaism to the next level. It’s what we should all be getting into!
I’m into Jewrotica. I went in for my second circumcision.
I had a great time deejaying at the Jewrotica event at Columbia University. The live readings were hilarious, informative, and in some cases, deeply moving. I know that I, along with many of my AEPi fraternity brothers, loved being able to connect our Judaism and our sexuality in a way that made all of us feel comfortable and welcome. I look forward to being a part of this again in the future!
I love the inclusiveness – there is something for everyone, in and out of the Jewish community.
Jewrotica is a great way to ask interesting questions about the interplay between sensuality and Jewish wisdom. Check it out.
The people behind Jewrotica are quite quality! I have confidence that any project these folks take on will be equally quality.
Jewrotica is something that the community has needed for a long time so that people can actually learn, express and share and have good relationships without having to stumble through life. Check out the site and learn something. Have fun!
Jewrotica is awesome. It expands the mind and for people who were raised with narrow views on sexuality. Whether you are Jewish or not, or in different sects of Judaism like Orthodox, Conservative or Reform, no matter what your background or where you’re from, Jewrotica gets you to see Judaism and how it relates to sexuality in new ways. I really appreciate Ayo being here and helping us learn different ways to connect with our sexuality.
Jewrotica is inspiring Jews and erotica with holiness and coolness, and is the pride of progressive Judaism. Jewrotica – awesome!
Bedside Reading with Jewrotica was funny, sexy, and hot all at once. The readings were honest about all kinds of sexuality, but the highlight of the evening was definitely the confessions, written by audience participants. Nobody knew who wrote them, and most were tell-alls that would make your bubbe blush. Unless your bubbe was very, very cool. Then maybe she’d make YOU blush!
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