“Thoughtful, inspiring, ingenious, inventive, playful, profound. . . . Adjectives fail me. Ketubah Renaissance is a gorgeous testament to the creative, aesthetic, and spiritual health of Jewish life in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. The images summon the ‘mazal tovs’ of weddings past, present, and future.”—Anita Diamant, author of twelve books, including The Red Tent and The Jewish Wedding Now
“Offers a bird’s-eye view into the fascinating journey of one of Judaism’s oldest forms of visual culture. Through careful selection, ancient and modern patterns emerge in the development of a veritable contemporary Ketubah Renaissance.”—Francesco Spagnolo, curator of the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and associate adjunct professor of Music and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Berkeley
“This stunning collection of marriage contracts in many media, from paper cuts to fabric, accompanied by an accessible history, is a must-have for anyone who loves Jewish ritual art.”—Jodi Eichler-Levine, Berman Professor of Jewish Civilization at Lehigh University and author of Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis: How Jews Craft Resilience and Create Community
“Clear, well organized, and thoroughly researched, Ketubah Renaissance will make an outstanding gift to a couple soon to be married, providing ideas for the text and illustration of their own marriage contract as well as teaching about the history of ketubot. For rabbis, educators, and scholars as well, it’s an exceptional addition to the existing volumes on historical ketubot.”—Dorion Liebgott, editor of Art and Tradition: Treasures of Jewish Life
“This comprehensive and accessible introduction to ketubot will aid couples in their ketubah decision-making process.”—Rabbi Michael Strassfeld, coeditor of The Jewish Catalog
