Birth culture : Jewish artifacts from rural Switzerland and environs = Geburtskultur : judische Zeugnisse aus der landlichen Schweiz und dem Umland / Naomi Lubrich (Hg./ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lubrich, Naomi 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Liturgy.

Birth customs.

Jews--Social life and custom.

Physical Description:

188 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)

Other Title:

Geburtskultur : judische Zeugnisse aus der landlichen Schweiz und dem Umland

Place of Publication:

[Basel] : Schwabe Verlag. [2022]

Summary:

In Judaism, the beginning of life was celebrated with a variety of religious rituals. The Jewish Museum in Basel preserves objects - including many birth-related artifacts - from Switzerland and the neighboring regions of Alsace to southern Germany dating back as far as the 17th century. The collection offers insight into a largely lost world of faith, fears, hope and happiness. Among the objects are amulets to protect mothers and children, wimples to bind boys to the Torah, pillows for circumcision, birth registers of circumcisers (mohel books), and cradles for Hollekreisch. Texts by Tali Berner, Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek, Uri Robert Kaufmann and Daniela Schmid are complemented by interviews with Dinah Ehrenfreund-Michler, Aviv Szabs, and Esra Weill explain the customs and the objects that museums preserve.

Notes:

Text in English and German.

Dedicated to Peter Stein.

ISBN:

9783796546075

3796546072

OCLC:

1349967387