Grace Cohen Grossman.

Los Angeles, Calif., USA, 2001. 144 pp., illustrations: 120 col., 29 b&w, 28 × 21.5 cm. English.

0970429517

Skirball Cultural Center (18 August 2001–6 January 2002)

Rituals, objects and representations from Jewish weddings in various periods and places. Introduction to the exhibition and to the Museum’s holdings by Grace Cohen Grossman. Five essays on: the evolution of Jewish wedding ceremonies (Tal Goani, Didier Y. Reiss), representations of the wedding on Ashkenazic Torah binders (Shalom Sabar), Middle Eastern bridal costumes (Esther Juhasz, Noam Bar’am-Ben Yossef), the American Jewish wedding (Jenna Weissman Joselit), and paired portraits in the Museum’s collection (Barbara C. Gilbert). Material divided into five sections: Ketubbot, Wimpeln (Torah binders), Bridal Tableaux (bridal costumes and wedding ephemera), A Nuptial Fortnight in Djerba, and A Wedding Album (postcards, invitations, medals, souvenirs etc.). Detailed descriptive entries. 176 items.

BRIDAL GARMENTS
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
KETUBBOT
PHOTOGRAPHS
PORTRAITS, HUSBAND-WIFE PENDANTS
TORAH BINDERS
WEDDING/MARRIAGE

Afghanistan
Bukhara
China
Chuppah
Djerba
Engagement contracts (Tena’im)
Greece
Hanukkah lamps
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts
Henna ceremony/objects
Historical documents
Historical photographs
Iran/Persia
Iraq
Medals
Morocco
Music
Postcards
Prints, Jewish customs & ceremonies
Rhodes
Shana Tova greeting cards
Torah binders
Turkey
United States
Wedding cups
Yemen

Gallery guide, booklet, 12 pp.