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SUMMARY:Natan Meir Lecture: The Cholera Wedding
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 ing-1613518538-375017\n\nNatan Meir will explore the history and meaning o
 f a peculiar ritual that emerged among East European Jews in the 19th cent
 ury: to stop the spread of an epidemic\, the community would marry its mos
 t vulnerable and marginalized members—orphans\, beggars\, and the disabl
 ed—to each other in a wedding held in the cemetery.\n\nDrawing on variou
 s 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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