11 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Subject is exactly "Ketubah"
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Folklife in South Florida

Folklife in South Florida
Date
1985-08
Description
One proof sheet with twenty-four black and white images. 1: Limone Joseph playing Haitian music; 2-5: Salma Sinclair, Lebanese/Jamaican, of West Palm Beach making peas and rice; 6-7: Salma Sinclair embroidering; 8-9: Miami architecture; 10-11: Jesus Rodriguez, of Miami, playing the Venezuelan harp; 12-13: Nancy Greenburg, of Miami, creating Ketubah (Jewish Marriage contracts); 14: Roy Lee Walker of Kendall, Florida performing a shoe-shine rag; 15-21: images of a bar mitzvah ceremony.
Collection
Folklife in South Florida

Folklife in South Florida
Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10)
Date
1997-05-23
Description
One audio cassette recordings. Side A: Catalina Delgado, a trunk and Mexican paper artist and Eileen Brautman, a Jewish paper artist are interviewed by Laurie Sommers. Delgado discusses paper-cutting techniques and how designs are made. Brautman explains traditional and contemporary calligraphy and paper cutting according to the European tradition. She tells of making stories from the Bible, use of animals and other designs and the making of a Ketubah (Jewish marriage contract). Side B: Sonny Treadway (Deerfield Beach, FL), sacred steel guitarist is interviewed by Laurie Sommers. He discusses sacred steel guitar and gospel music as well as his musical influences such as his father, other family members and church musicians. He plays by ear and has written several original songs.
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Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10)
Interview with ketubah maker Uriel Goldsmith

Interview with ketubah maker Uriel Goldsmith
Date
1989-03-24
Description
Two audio cassettes. Interview with Goldsmith speaking about Ketubah making in his studio. He also talks about growing up in New York, Jewish caligraphy, history Jewish marriage contracts, Jewish art and symbolism, meaning of colors, and materials used in his art. Jewish marriage contract art is known as Ketubah (Katubut/Katabbah/Katubah). Jewish law requires men to give women a marriage contract on their wedding day. A katubah, usually written in Yiddish, guarantees her financial rights upon his death. The contracts are designed with art and motifs of the local Jewish community. For images of Goldsmith and his ketubah, see S 1680, box 1, folder 2.
Collection
Interview with ketubah maker Uriel Goldsmith

Interview with ketubah maker Uriel Goldsmith
Nancy Greenberg with her ketubah

Nancy Greenberg with her ketubah
Date
1985-08
Description
Three color slides. Jewish marriage contract art is also known as Katubut/Katabbah/Katubah. Jewish law requires men to give women a marriage contract on their wedding day. A ketubah, usually written in Yiddish, guarantees her financial rights upon his death. The contracts are designed with art and motifs of the local Jewish community. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Nancy Greenberg with her ketubah

Nancy Greenberg with her ketubah
Saturday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 4)

Saturday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 4)
Date
2003-05-24
Description
One compact disc. Bucuvalis served as emcee. Jewish marriage contract art is also known as Katubut/Katabbah/Katubah. Jewish law requires men to give women a marriage contract on their wedding day. A ketubah, usually written in Yiddish, guarantees her financial rights upon his death. The contracts are designed with art and motifs of the local Jewish community.
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Saturday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 4)

Saturday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 4)
Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Kids Place Stage)

Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Kids Place Stage)
Date
1997-05-24
Description
Six audio cassette recordings. The Kids stage started at 9am and ran through 4pm. (Although the recordings do not start until 10am.) One Heart were from Monticello, and featured Sam, Sally, and John Worley. Ketubah are Jewish marriage contracts which are usually highly decorative.
Collection
Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Kids Place Stage)

Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Kids Place Stage)
Scenes from the South Florida Folk Festival (Video 4)

Scenes from the South Florida Folk Festival (Video 4)
Date
1986-03-22
Description
One video cassette. Sponsored by the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, the festival was held at the Metro-Dade Cultural Center. In 1987, the name of the festival was changed to the Traditions Festival.
Collection
Scenes from the South Florida Folk Festival (Video 4)

Scenes from the South Florida Folk Festival (Video 4)
Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 2)

Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 2)
Date
2003-05-25
Description
One compact disc. Bucuvalis served as emcee. Jewish marriage contract art is also known as katubut/katabbah/katubah. Jewish law requires men to give women a marriage contract on their wedding day. A ketubah, usually written in Yiddish, guarantees the wife financial rights upon her husband's death. The contracts are designed with art and motifs of the local Jewish community.
Collection
Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 2)

Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 2)
Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tapes 2)

Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tapes 2)
Date
1997-05-25
Description
One audio cassette recording. The Willie Eason interview and song, "Roosevelt", continues from C97-86. Laurie Sommers interviews Eileen Brautman on the subject of Jewish marriage contracts.
Collection
Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tapes 2)

Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tapes 2)
Uriel Goldsmith making ketubah

Uriel Goldsmith making ketubah
Date
1989-03-23
Description
Ten color slides. Images of Goldsmith making Ketubah in his studio. Jewish marriage contract art is known as Ketubah (Katubut/Katabbah/Katubah). Jewish law requires men to give women a marriage contract on their wedding day. A katubah, usually written in Yiddish, guarantees her financial rights upon his death. The contracts are designed with art and motifs of the local Jewish community. For an interview with Goldsmith, see S 1680, box 2, tapes 6-7.
Collection
Uriel Goldsmith making ketubah

Uriel Goldsmith making ketubah
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
Folklife in South FloridaFolklife in South FloridaStill ImageKetubah
Marriage contracts
Jews United States
Harps
Musical instruments
Religious rites
Food habits
Food preparation
Shoe shiners
Artisans
Musicians
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a_s1576_67_c97-070Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10)SoundArtisans
Artists
Musicians
Guitarist
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Oral performance
Life histories
Interviewing
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Jewish art and symbolism
Ketubah
Calligraphy
Marriage contracts
Decorative arts
Arts, Mexican
Mexican Americans
Paper art
African Americans
Steel guitars
Musical tradition, sacred
Gospel (Black)
Gospel musicians
Gospel music		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1680_02_tape06Interview with ketubah maker Uriel GoldsmithSoundFieldwork
Interviews
Judaism
Religious rites
Religious art
Marriage contracts
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Jewish art and symbolism
Decorative arts
Ketubah
Life histories
Oral histories
Oral communication
Sound recordings
Artists		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Nancy Greenberg with her ketubahNancy Greenberg with her ketubahStill ImageArtists
Fieldwork
Art
Religious art
Jewish Americans
Arts, Jewish
Jewish art and symbolism
Jews
Ketubah
Marriage contracts
Legal contract		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s2034_04_cd03-102Saturday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 4)SoundArtists
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Demonstrations
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Weddings
Ketubah
Legal contract
Marriage contracts		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_66_c97-007Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Kids Place Stage)SoundSingers
Drummers (Musicians)
Bands (Music)
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Oral narratives
Storytelling
Narratives
String bands
Animal tales
Tales
Music performance
Dulcimer music
Haitian Americans
Fiddle music
Judaism
Jewish Americans
Seminole Indians
Ketubah
Paper art
Storytellers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Scenes from the South Florida Folk Festival (Video 4)Scenes from the South Florida Folk Festival (Video 4)Moving ImageMusicians
Harpists
Artisans
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Mariachi music
Arts, Mexican
Arts, Irish
Latinos
Music Latin America
Mexican Americans
Songs, Irish
Fiddle music
Shoe shiners
Reels
Klezmer music
Arts, Jewish
Clarinet music
Jewish Americans
Ketubah
Marriage contracts
Bands (Music)
Folklorists		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
a_s2034_04_cd03-110Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 2)SoundArtists
Storytellers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Ketubah
Arts, Jewish
Oral performance
Oral narratives
Weddings
Legal contract
Marriage contracts
Jewish Americans		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_68_c97-087Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tapes 2)SoundSingers
Musicians
Guitarist
Artists
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Oral performance
Life histories
Interviewing
African Americans
Steel guitars
Guitar music
Gospel (Black)
Gospel music
Gospel musicians
Religious music
Religious songs
Personal experience narratives
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Jewish art and symbolism
Ketubah
Marriage contracts		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Uriel Goldsmith making ketubahUriel Goldsmith making ketubahStill ImageFieldwork
Artists studios
Judaism
Religious rites
Religious art
Marriage contracts
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Jewish art and symbolism
Decorative arts
Ketubah
Artists		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg