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Kiddushin and Wedding Ceremony
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Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller, editor, and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (R…

Contributor:

Bernard Picart

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1723

Subjects:

Marriage, Ritual & observance, Ritual object, Community, Cities

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture
Two-panel drawing, the top of many people in interior room, some seated on right side under canopy, and the bottom of many people outside with a central figure with veil.
Synagogue in K’ai-fêng (Kaifeng, China)
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Jews first settled in Kaifeng, the capital of Henan province in central China, before 1127. According to scholars, they had come from India or Persia, spoke Persian, and worked as cotton dyers and…

Contributor:

Jean Domenge

Places:

Kaifeng, Qing Dynasty (Kaifeng, China)

Date:

1722

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Synagogue, Ritual object, Kaifeng, Diaspora

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art, Ritual Objects
Manuscript page with drawing of building complex with inner courtyards.
The Rise and Fall of a Polish Tallis
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Sixty years ago, Jacob, who was known in his quarter as Old Jacob, was living in the rue de la Mortellerie. He ran a successful business selling old clothes, scrap metal and even, on occasion, old…

Contributor:

Godchaux Baruch Weil (Ben-Lévi)

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1841

Subjects:

Ritual object, Rite of passage, Family, Assimilation

Categories:

Literature, Fiction