Judaism Unbound Episode 459: The Art of Revolutionary Ritual - Rebecca Hornstein
Rebecca Hornstein serves as executive director of Boston Workers Circle: Center for Jewish Culture & Social Justice, but she is also a talented artist who creates ketubot (Jewish marriage contracts, often crafted to be beautiful art pieces), through a project called Rituals for Revolutionaries. She joins Dan and Lex for a conversation that covers ketubot, the power of Jewish ritual moments, and a magical Yiddish word that may be new to you: “veltlich” (“secular” or “worldly”). This episode is the 6th conversation in an ongoing Judaism Unbound mini-series exploring Jewish weddings.
[1] Learn more about Rituals for Revolutionaries via RitualsForRevolutionaries.com, and learn more about Boston Workers Circle via CircleBoston.org.
[2] For previous Judaism Unbound episodes in this mini-series on Jewish weddings, see Episode 439: Interfaith Weddings - Ari Saks, Episode 445: Intermarried Rabbis — No Longer Banned, Episode 451: Jewish Weddings — Who is the Client? - Irwin Keller, Episode 455: Wedding Magic - Miriam, Dan, and Lex, and Episode 458: Unorthodox Celebrations - Getzel Davis.
[3] Apocry-Fest: Hanukkah Unbound & Un-Canonized…is back! Sign up for Judaism Unbound’s annual Hanukkah initiative — which serves simultaneously as a love-letter to the books known as “Jewish apocrypha” — by heading to www.judaismunbound.com/apocryfest.
[4] Lex recently appeared on a different podcast, in a conversation about weddings across religious traditions. Check out “Tying the Knot in Faith,” an episode of The Talking with God Project, here.
[5] Learn more about the history of Boston Workers Circle via this link.
