Written by Lenore Weiss. Lenore is a first-time Jewrotica writer.
Yom Kippur 2005, Yizkor (Memorial Service)
There’s a thumbnail
discarded on the floor
rolling into cat hair,
a tissue blown
into a tent of good-bye kisses.
The nail is
painted glow-in-the-dark and still pink,
reflects light, takes a curtain call. Gone.
I follow the Yizkor
meditation, my thoughts
wander to my new vibrator,
a molded purple plastic
water-proof super glide,
waiting for me at home
tucked between socks and panties
purchased the weekend before
while doing food shopping and going
for a walk with my friend and her dog,
the solemnity of making our days count.
I bless Ace Hardware for Double A batteries, enter
the High Holydays in a blaze.
Xbox Marks The Spot
The day after Thanksgiving
I’ll walk across the Great Mall,
use a credit card with a revolving account
turning pennies into gold and gold into health plans,
living at the edge of a culvert
where security systems cook dinners for the homeless,
taller than I ever thought possible, slinky,
my thighs like Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat,
a member of my own Special Forces unit,
a knapsack of turkey bones wrapped in tinfoil—
Oh them bones, them precious bones
grow apartments from pizza crust.
I rub a mezuzah on the side of my computer,
conjure up Stephen Hawking on a good day
who stands at midnight in the Garden of Eden
wondering
what God was doing before he broke out the world.
Celebrating 10 Years & Marking the End of An Amazing Project
Celebrating 10 Years & Marking the End of An Amazing Project
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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!
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!
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I stepped out of my comfort zone to be a part of this. I was glad to open up the topic of sexuality in my community. We are trying to build a safe space to talk about sex. The result I am most happy about coming from this event is that hopefully now my friends know they can come and talk to me, that I can be their ‘safe space’.
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What an incredible night Jewrotica was!!!! There was this fantastic moment, in a sea of Jews of all sexualities, ages, backgrounds and denominations, that I realized we were all in this together! I hope that there are many more events coming to Austin soon!
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