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URL:https://www.wjcenter.org/events/author-talk-michael-shapiro/
SUMMARY:Author Talk: Michael Shapiro
DESCRIPTION:Illuminating the contemporary revival of the Jewish marriage co
 ntract\, Michael Shapiro's new book\, Ketubah Renaissance\, relays the st
 oried history of this beloved document (known in Hebrew as a ketubah) thr
 ough the present day and showcases sixty of the most innovative and beauti
 ful ketubot of the last half century.\n\nOriginally created 2\,500 years a
 go as a unilateral marriage contract stating what a groom would provide fo
 r his bride\, the ketubah evolved from the tenth century onward into a ric
 hly decorated expression of love and commitment. Starting in the late 1960
 s a modern sensibility took root. Influenced by Jewish life and North Amer
 ican society at large\, hundreds of artists and calligraphers began to imp
 rint their unique aesthetic onto each ketubah design—a movement Judaica 
 scholar Shalom Sabar calls “a veritable renaissance of the illuminated k
 etubah”—while also updating the original Aramaic text to express conte
 mporary values.\n\nCouples and families with upcoming weddings as well as 
 officiating clergy\, educators\, aficionados of Jewish culture\, scholars\
 , and others will discover the evolving history of the ketubah in all its 
 facets: its artforms\, texts\, scripts\, iconography\, production processe
 s\, and technological innovations. A curated\, chronological ketubah galle
 ry brings readers up close to sixty influential ketubot and the artists wh
 o created them—a colorful cornucopia of breakthroughs that epitomize the
  ketubah renaissance.
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CATEGORIES:Adult Education,Featured Events
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