• Shmatas

  By jewrotica on March 4, 2014

  Yiddish term for rags, towels or something worthless. Usually applied to clothing

• Shmatte

  By jewrotica on October 24, 2013

  A Yiddish word for a fabric or piece of cloth

• Shmeckel

  By jewrotica on July 17, 2013

  A penis (Yiddish)

• Shmendriks

  By jewrotica on April 3, 2013

  A Yiddish term for fools or idiots

• Shmoneh Esrei

  By jewrotica on July 18, 2013

  The central devotional prayer of Judaism, recited silently three times each day and consisting of eighteen blessings (Also spelled Shemoneh Esrei)

• Shoah

  By jewrotica on December 19, 2013

  Holocaust. Literally "catastrophe" in Modern Hebrew.

• Shofar

  By jewrotica on August 26, 2013

  A ram's horn, used for religious purposes and sounded on the Jewish high holidays of Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur

• Shofar

  By jewrotica on September 3, 2013

  A ram’s horn, sounded at key times during the Jewish high holiday season

• Shoftim

  By jewrotica on August 8, 2013

  Literally, shoftim is the word for 'judges' in Hebrew. Shoftim is also the name of a Bible portion in the book of Deuteronomy.

• Shomer

  By jewrotica on September 29, 2013

  The Jewish ritual concept restricting physical touch between the sexes. A person who is “shomer negiah” observes this ritual and does not touch members...

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  Such an amazing experience! The Sarah Lawrence Jewrotica workshop was more than I could have ever expected – a comfortable, safe, sultry environment where participants clearly felt good about sharing or listening to each other’s intimate experiences and relating them to sexy stories from the Torah. From the moment the workshop began, Ayo had a sweet presence that was kinetic and spread around the room; her storytelling abilities had everyone enraptured and made the conversation topics relata… Read more

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  Brandon Poland, Award-Winning Jewish Drag Queen

  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’.

  Barnard College Student, Presenter at the Columbia University Kickoff Event

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  Josh Karp, Artist and Staff at Jewlicious

  You may not tell your mom that you’re going to a live Jewrotica reading (or whatever clever name you will dub these events) but you will tell your friends. However, both would be jealous if they find out that they missed it. I think it will only be a matter of time before Jewrotica helps us reclaim the term “Dirty Jew” the way rap music has done for “The ‘N’ Word.” I know I am now proud to be a Dirty Jew!

  Ozzy Zion Nelson, Former Hillel JCSC Fellow and Quizmaster at Geeks Who Drink

  The people behind Jewrotica are quite quality! I have confidence that any project these folks take on will be equally quality.

  Rabbi Drew Kaplan, Chaplain at Long Beach Hillels

  Learning about sex and what’s right and wrong when it comes to sex from a Biblical standpoint was an eye opening experience. I completely enjoyed it and think something like this could be a very cool thing to bring to even high school aged Jewish youth groups.

  Hannah S., A Student at SUNY Purchase

  The Jewrotica event “Evening of Jewrotica: Bedside Reading” was awesome. As Master of Confessions, I got to read the deepest, darkest secrets of people in the room out loud… It was scintillating, titillating, and – yes – even educational!

  Sam S., Young Professional in the Austin Area

  Jewrotica was everything I had dreamed of and more: sexy attendees, tantalizing confessions, and well-written literature to boot! More importantly, it empowers us Jews to reach inside and own our sexy selves and heritage!

  Erin L., University of Texas at Austin Social Work Graduate Student

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