Beyond All That White Lace

Gown inspired by the El Transito Synagogue in Toledo, Spain. Designed by Shenhav Levi.

Gown inspired by the El Transito Synagogue in Toledo, Spain. Designed by Shenhav Levi.

Wedding gowns — like recipes and other aspects of women’s domestic history — were long considered trivial. Yet so much is revealed through domestic material culture, which can be a window on expectations, traditions, assumptions, ideologies, economies, gender roles, class, and more. This project, originating at Bet Hatfutsot in Tel Aviv, explores the many-layered meanings of wedding dresses. You can see “Bo’i Kalah, Here Comes the Bride: Embroidering the Story of the Jewish People” at Temple Emanu-El Herbert & Eileen Bernard Museum of Judaica in NYC until June 16, 2016.

 

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