Modern Ketubah: fine art ketubah by photographer Daniel Sroka Since 2003

The Modern Ketubah Blog

In this blog I will discuss what goes into creating ketubot, ideas about wedding ceremonies and traditions, and answer some of the questions and comments from the couples I've worked with. Subscribe to this blog

Named nominee in the Photography Masters Cup

By Daniel Sroka  /  May 30th, 2009  /  News    

My photography has been nominated in the prestigious international competition The Photography Masters Cup. It is always an honor to be recognized like this, especially when the other nominees are such amazing artists from all over the world. There is some wonderful inspiring art here, and browsing this collection will fuel my creative fire for a while! If you’d like to learn more about the photograph that was nominated, and how I created it from a dried autumn leaf, check out my other blog Daniel Sroka Open Studio.

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how to travel with your ketubah

By Daniel Sroka  /  May 19th, 2009  /  Wedding Ideas    

When my wife and I got married, we were still living in San Francisco, but our wedding was closer to our family in New Jersey. Let me tell you, planning a long distance wedding has its challenges! One of which is how to safely bring your ketubah on the plane with you. I get asked this a lot, so I thought I’d share some advice. First, have me ship your ketubah to you, not to the wedding site. It is really important that you see your ketubah in person, well before the ceremony. This will let you look it over carefully, and make sure that it is exactly what you ordered. And if it got accidentally damaged in shipment, this will give me a chance to replace it for you.

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Star Trek director J.J. Abrams on his interfaith marriage

By Daniel Sroka  /  May 11th, 2009  /  Interfaith Weddings    

During an interview, Star Trek (and Lost) director J.J. Abrams had this to say about interfaith marriage:

My wife is Irish Catholic and it’s a fascinating thing having married someone who’s of a different religion, because you get to understand and see and respect another way of growing up and believing. That to me is interesting and healthy.

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Making an interfaith ketubah with Hebrew, English, and Latin

By Daniel Sroka  /  May 8th, 2009  /  Interfaith Weddings, Wedding Ideas    

One thing I have learned is that every ketubah is unique. Each one takes on the personality of the couple who make it, through the design they select, the words they choose. Watching each couple craft a ketubah that reflects their personality is one of the things that make my job as a ketubah artist so interesting.

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