Barbara Vinick, "100 Jewish Brides: Stories from Around the World"
English | ISBN: 0253068363 | 2024 | 292 pages | EPUB, PDF | 21 MB + 4 MB
English | ISBN: 0253068363 | 2024 | 292 pages | EPUB, PDF | 21 MB + 4 MB
100 Jewish Brides: Stories from Around the World features stories of Jewish brides from six continents, highlighting diverse customs and rituals related to weddings now and in the past. The stories, written by brides, their relatives, clergy, and other intimates, cover similarities and differences across the Jewish diaspora, from courtship and betrothal to pre-wedding customs, the wedding ceremony, and beyond.
With stories from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, this collection of intimate personal testimonies will surprise and inspire. A Jewish wedding after conversion in Madagascar, a reunion of Holocaust survivors in Sweden, a shipboard romance initiated by a celebrity, these stories from 83 countries describe Jewish wedding traditions, some familiar and others eye-opening, in a multitude of cultures and settings, past and present.
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