Ancient Ketubah Makes a Comeback

July 29, 2001

Source: Star Tribune

On July 29, 2001, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on the ketubah, one of the world's earliest prenuptial agreements, created by rabbis many years ago in the desert. "It was designed to protect women in the case of divorce or if the husband died," said a modern-day ketubah maker. "More than 2,000 years later, these wedding contracts have become an essential part of every Jewish wedding, evolving both as legal documents and as highly decorated works of art that reflect the diverse artistic cultures of the diaspora."