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Huppah
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This glimpse into an eighteenth-century German Jewish marriage ceremony offers an opportunity to consider how gender roles have changed for this vital ritual.

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)

Date:

1748

Subjects:

Marriage, Life cycle, Cities, Synagogue, Ashkenazi

Categories:

Decorative arts, Print & book culture
Etching of ceremony under marriage canopy outside a building, surrounded by people and framed by decorative motif.
Synagogue in the Park at Wörlitz, Germany
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Designed in the German neoclassical style, the Wörlitz synagogue was modeled on Rome’s Temple of Vesta, featuring a circular building with a conical roof. It was commissioned by Prince Leopold…

Contributor:

Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff

Places:

Wörlitz, Holy Roman Empire (Wörlitz, Germany)

Date:

1789–1790

Subjects:

Ashkenazi, Art, Synagogue, Cities, Community

Categories:

Decorative arts, Architecture
Photograph of round building in a park, reflected in pond.