All posts tagged "Essay"

  • Double Mitzvah – Tazria / Metzora

    Written by Tamar Fox. Check out Tamar’s last post in this series, Double Mitzvah – Shemini. Much of what we read in Tazria-Metzora is explicitly...

  • Resources for the Curious

    Written by Mara Yacobi. Mara, a certified sexuality educator and licensed social worker, is Jewrotica’s resident sex educator. Check out Mara’s latest posts on The...

  • How I wrote “For Unexpected Intimacy”

    Written by Andrew Ramer. Over his desk, Andrew Ramer keeps these words from Kafka: “Writing is prayer.” A and Liturgist, his most recent book is...

  • Double Mitzvah – Shemini

    Written by Tamar Fox. Check out Tamar’s last post in this series, Double Mitzvah – Tzav, and a second take on Shemini by guest contributor...

  • A Biblical Prop 8

    Written by Dr. Jarrod Tanny. Jarrod, a first-time Jewrotica writer, is a professor of Jewish History at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Jarrod is...

  • Passover, Freedom and Relationships

    My beautiful friends, I hope that each of you luxuriated over your four glasses of wine and enjoyed evenings of ritual, song and food during...

  • Double Mitzvah – Shemini (Shabbat of Passover)

    Written by Elijah Blumov. Elijah, a first-time Jewrotica writer and Double Mitzvah contributor, is a student, actor and DJ in Austin, Texas. Enjoy your sneak...

  • Double Mitzvah – Tzav

    Written by Tamar Fox. Check out last week’s post in this series, Double Mitzvah – Vayikra. Fire is often used as a metaphor for relationships....

  • Masturbation in the Kabbalah

    Written by Tomer Persico. Tomer, a first-time Jewrotica writer, is a scholar in the field of contemporary spirituality, specializing in Jewish meditation techniques, past and...

  • Nice Wings

    Written by Andrew Shaw. Andrew, a first-time Jewrotica writer, is a writer, musician, educator, liturgist, and Jewish spiritual seeker. Adar 5773 / February 2013 Israel,...