Ketubah Renaissance

Ketubah Renaissance: The Artful Modern Revival of the Jewish Marriage Contract by Michael Shapiro, the world’s leading Ketubah publisher. This exhibit illuminates the contemporary revival of the marriage contract and displays the beautiful and innovative ketubot created by local artisans. 

Originally created 2,500 years ago as a unilateral marriage contract stating what a groom would provide for his bride, the ketubah evolved from the tenth century onward into a richly decorated expression of love and commitment. In connection with the book, 

Book signing to follow reception. Books will be available for purchase.

Michael Shapiro is the founder and CEO of Ketubah.com, the world’s leading publisher of artistic Jewish wedding contracts, and a worldwide lecturer on historical and contemporary ketubot. For nearly three decades he has helped shape the development of contemporary ketubah art by guiding both influential and emerging contemporary ketubah artists, and by freeing a wider range of artists of the need to master the text themselves. His ketubah publishing innovations include cutting-edge archival quality printing, laser cutting on demand, and an online tool to submit and verify all Hebrew names on the contract.