| Editors |
Efrat Carmon, Edna Lehrman. |
| Curator |
Noam Bar’am-Ben Yossef. |
| Imprint |
Jerusalem, Israel, 1997. Hebrew edition: 135 pp., illustrations: 89 col., 34 b&w, 27 × 21 cm; English edition: 136 pp. |
| ISBN |
9652782076 (Hebrew edition); 9652782238 (English edition) |
| Location |
Israel Museum (14 October 1997–2 May 1998) |
| Description |
General introduction to Afghan Jewry by Itzhak Bezalel. Individual essays on various aspects of Afghan Jewish wedding customs: the arrangement of the Afghan household, the process from betrothal to marriage, the presentation of the bride, dress, jewelry (Noam Bar’am-Ben Yossef), the ketubbah (Iris Fishof), women’s handicrafts (Bar’am-Ben Yossef), symbolic motifs and decorative designs on wedding accessories (Bar’am-Ben Yossef), and a personal recollection of a family wedding (Aharon Bezalel). No itemized listing. |
| Description |
This exhibition was the eighth in the Museum’s series on various ethnic groups in Israel. |
| main keywords |
AFGHANISTAN |
| minor keywords |
Bridal boxes/chests |
