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SUMMARY:Natan Meir Lecture: The Cholera Wedding
DESCRIPTION:Jewish Federation of Greater Portland\nJewish Education\nhttps:
 //jewishportland.org/jewish-education/natan-meir-lecture-the-cholera-weddi
 ng-1613518538-375017\n\nNatan Meir will explore the history and meaning of
  a peculiar ritual that emerged among East European Jews in the 19th centu
 ry: to stop the spread of an epidemic\, the community would marry its most
  vulnerable and marginalized members—orphans\, beggars\, and the disable
 d—to each other in a wedding held in the cemetery.\n\nDrawing on various
  approaches from the fields of social and cultural history\, anthropology\
 , folklore\, and cultural studies\, Dr. Meir will explain why this ritual 
 held such...
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