Blog

  • Happy Thanksgiving from the Jewrotica Team!

    It’s that classic Thanksgiving question: What are you grateful for? Earlier this week, each Jewrotica team member took a few moments to reflect on and...

  • A Letter to My Daughter About Fighting Back

    Written by Sarah Tuttle-Singer.  Sarah is Jewrotica’s social media guru.  This article originally appeared on Kveller. To My Darling Daughter,   I watch your eyes...

  • Fish for Thought: Pants

    Written by Shayna Abramson.  Shayna is a frequent Jewrotica contributor.  To read Shayna’s essay on the the practice of shomer negiah within the Orthodox Jewish community, check...

  • Confession #12 – Boston, MA

    Illustration by Elizabeth Simins Yesterday I went on an accidental date. When “John,” an old friend-with-benefits, called me up out of the blue, I was...

  • Four Loves

    Written by Leon.  Leon is an experienced Jewrotica writer, and is the author of The Four Minim.  I see you standing by the window,  The...

  • Hopes and Fears – A Glimpse Inside

    Friends, I enjoy using this column as an outlet to let you in on the development of Jewrotica, and bring you along with me to...

  • Dirty Talk at the GA – The Top 12 Double Entendres Overheard in Baltimore

    Written by Benji Lovitt.  Benji, a comedian and blogger for the Times of Israel, is a first-time Jewrotica writer.  Tuesday concluded the Jewish Federations of...

  • Pity the Virgins – Wedding Night Blues

    Written by Dr. Marty Klein.  Dr. Klein, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist, sociologist and distinguished author, is a first-time Jewrotica writer.  Read...

  • Fire in the Bedroom

    Written by Leah.  Leah is a first-time Jewrotica writer.    Illustration by Elizabeth...

  • Dear Jewrotica #1 – Penance

    Dear Jewrotica,  When I was sixteen, I was sexually assaulted. A boy I’d known since childhood blackmailed me into giving him head in a synagogue....

  • My Sweet Boy, My Goy Toy

    Written by Hugo Schwyzer.  Hugo is a first-time Jewrotica writer, and a professor of history and gender studies.  Follow Hugo on Twitter at @hugoschwyzer.  “Don’t be...

  • Real Israelis

    Written by Tamar Fox. Tamar is Jewrotica’s new Judaic Outreach Director. For those who dare, check out her clever, irreverent and tongue-in-cheek Behind Closed Doors...

  • Confession #11 – Brooklyn, NY

    You notice few people in yeshiva. So much similarity between them: clothes, haircuts, mannerisms. But then there are those few, the heartbreakers, the boys who...

  • The Making of Jewrotica, Part II

      Friends, Welcome to “Part II” of the Making of Jewrotica. I’m excited to let you in on the evolution of this project from idea...