Comment by jaredhansen

Comment by jaredhansen a day ago

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> Very cool! More info on an equally charming old website here, including a remarkable letter from his wife: http://josephoster.com/billsvoyage/index.html

That letter from his wife, Naomi, contains a link to her website[1], which is itself fascinating. Its About page contains the following, which made me think her particular brand of value-add in the world is of the kind that will survive:

> I fill-in the details of the couple in each Ketubah by hand, with ink and pen, as Jewish scribes have done for thousands of years. Nowadays, most Ketubah artists use fonts and fill-in the texts by computer rather than by hand, because many have not studied calligraphy, an art which takes much time and practice to master. I, personally, like writing the details by hand, though it is not easy work, because it is traditional, and because it connects me in a personal way with my clients and my prints.

[1] https://www.ketubotbynaomi.com/