{"product_id":"100-jewish-brides-stories-from-around-the-world-hardcover","title":"100 Jewish Brides: Stories from Around the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Vinick\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eShulamit Reinharz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e100 Jewish Brides: Stories from Around the World\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e100 Jewish Brides\u003c\/i\u003e offers intimate glimpses into the worlds of brides and their families based on their own written accounts. It represents opportunities to learn how Jewish lives were and are currently lived around the world from memories of the distant past to recent times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Vinick is affiliated with the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University, where she has studied gendered rituals in Jewish communities worldwide.\u003cbr\u003eShulamit Reinharz is the Jacob S. Potofsky Professor of Sociology at Brandeis University, where she is Director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eAmerican Jewish Women and the Zionist Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJewish Intermarriage around the World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe JGirls' Guide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThey are the coeditors of \u003ci\u003eToday I Am a Woman: Stories of Bat Mitzvah around the World. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 7.2 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764946239776,"sku":"9780253068361","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8528a6c45aca490fcaf1af283c16eeba.webp?v=1780258490","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/100-jewish-brides-stories-from-around-the-world-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}