The Naches of Sex Studied
Berkeley symposium took a prurient look at Yiddish culture
| 2:00 PM Nov 20, 2009
When we think about Yiddish culture, sex isn’t usually the first thing that springs to mind. But the folks behind this week’s conference “Sex and the Shtetl,” held at the Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, put the spotlight on the prurient.
Discussions included what the Jewish Telegraphic Agency calls ...

