Sex: Jewish Positions
Perspectives on sexuality in Jewish culture
This exhibition is on view from 22 November
Jewish Museum
Admission € 20.00
Sex: Jewish Positions
Why do we have sex? For intimacy, pleasure, or just for making babies? Is sexual desire more than physical attraction? Do we have the right to sexual freedom? Throughout history, humanity has wrestled with questions like these.
In Jewish culture the meanings of sex are diverse, surprising and often contradictory. Judaism can be seen as ‘sex positive’ or sexually repressed, and everything in between. It all depends on the position you take.
Sex: Jewish Positions presents a range of perspectives on sex and sexuality – from religion and rite to art and popular culture. Come, watch and listen to the diverse points of view of medieval rabbis, contemporary artists, philosophers, sex therapists, Talmudic sages and Influencers.
Singer and theater maker Anouk Dorfman talks about the role religion plays in her sex life.
And you? How do you feel about the questions they raise? A space has been created in the exhibition for visitors to reflect on the themes in the exhibition. Take the quiz and discover whether you are Daring or Devoted, let us know what your favorite position is, or create your own love poetry with words that are thousands of years old.
Sex: Jewish Positions is is on view from 22 November to 25 May 2025 at the Jewish Museum and was created in collaboration with the Jüdisches Museum Berlin.
Sex: Jewish Positions events
Especially for the opening of the exhibition of Sex: Jewish Positions, DJ Helmond Lang created a fitting playlist.
This exhibition was created in collaboration with the Jüdisches Museum Berlin
With gratitude to
The exhibition has been made possible with support from Stichting Collectieve Maror-Gelden Nederland, Stichting Levi Lassen, Mondriaan Fonds, thanks to the participants of de VriendenLoterij, Fonds 21, het Cultuurfonds partly thanks to Alon Fonds, Gravin van Bylandt Stichting, Stichting Maatschappij tot Nut der Israëlieten in Nederland, Prof. Dr. Herman Musaph Fonds, Tim Uppelschoten Fonds, Jonas Daniel Meijer Fonds en Friends of the Jewish Cultural Quarter.
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