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Unclean Lips: Jews, Obscenity and American Culture

Josh Lambert, the academic director of the Yiddish Book Center and professor at UMass Amherst discusses the integral role Jews have played in the history of obscenity in America.

Jews led the charge against obscenity laws and battled literary censorship, but the anti-Semitic stereotype of the lascivious Jew has made many historians hesitant to draw a direct link between Jewishness and obscenity.

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When: Wed., Mar. 5, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: From $15
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Josh Lambert, the academic director of the Yiddish Book Center and professor at UMass Amherst discusses the integral role Jews have played in the history of obscenity in America.

Jews led the charge against obscenity laws and battled literary censorship, but the anti-Semitic stereotype of the lascivious Jew has made many historians hesitant to draw a direct link between Jewishness and obscenity.

*This is an off-site event.

Buy tickets/get more info now