Rachel Kreuss at the mechitza during the wedding of her son, Me'a She'arim, Jerusalem

Traczewska, Agnieszka (1969-)

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Contemporary Hasidic Jews through the lens of Agnieszka Traczewska
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The photos show a woman standing in a synagogue - Rachel Kreuss, a resident of the Orthodox Jerusalem neighbourhood of Mea Shearim. A woman stands by the mechitza, the openwork partition separating the space reserved for women from that occupied by men, and watches her son's wedding ceremony. In some very orthodox Hasidic families, Jewish women take part in rituals or ceremonies only in separate spaces, even during the wedding ceremony the mothers of the bride and groom observe the ceremonies from behind a partition.

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Information about the object
Author/creator
Traczewska, Agnieszka (1969-)
Object type
photography
Time of creation/dating
2022
Place of creation
Jerusalem (Israel)
Technique
colour photograph
Material
photographic print paper
Keywords
photography (art.)
Copyrights status
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Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
MPOLIN-M1547
Localization
The object is not currently on display
The purchase of work for the POLIN Museum's collection was subsidized by funds from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.