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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:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Print & Book Culture
Etching of ceremony under marriage canopy outside a building, surrounded by people and framed by decorative motif.
Jewish Wedding at a Synagogue in Fürth
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This print depicting a Jewish wedding in Fürth is from the beginning of the eighteenth century, a period of prosperity for the city’s Jewish community. There were between 350 and 400 Jewish families…

Contributor:

Johannes Alexander Böner

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1705

Subjects:

Synagogue, Marriage, Family, Cities, Community

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Print & Book Culture
Print engraving of two buildings with tile roofs next to each other, one of mostly wood and the other of stone, with several people standing in front of them, and German writing below.