“We received our beautiful ketubah… I was blown away when I took it out of the package. It is more beautiful than I had imagined.
Being a Catholic girl, I never heard of a ketubah until Mike’s mom mentioned getting one. I began searching the internet for one that would fit the both of us — that both of us liked. I’m Catholic, he’s Jewish, neither are religious; it was not easy. So many ketubahs have religious pictures and neither of us wanted it to be only a religious document. We wanted art. I studied art and photography way back in high school… and immediately fell in love with all of your designs.
I am ecstatic with the results. I want to hang it up now! We both want to thank you for adding to our wedding memories and for giving us something we will cherish always.”
“Thank you so much for our Ketubah. We got married on 20 January in Cape Town — Jason is Jewish and I am Christian, so we mixed a few elements of both our religions in the ceremony and this was brilliant. We love having our Ketubah as it is a beautiful reminder of our wonderful day.”
Sarah and Jason chose my Fire ketubah, in the large (15×20) size.
This March marks my fifth year of being in business as Modern Ketubah. It’s hard to believe that the time has gone by so quickly! In five years I have created 700 ketubahs for couples across the United States, Canada and the UK. I have make ketubahs for nearly every type of wedding ceremony, including interfaith, reform, conservative, orthodox, same-sex, and special anniversaries. I have met and befriended so many interesting and fun people. I’m proud to have had the opportunity to create something of such deep and personal meaning for so many wonderful people.
It’s been a wonderful journey for me as an artist as well. Modern Ketubah has given me the opportunity to make a living doing what I love to do best: create art. I am truly lucky. Thank you to all of my wonderful customers for making the past 5 years so exciting and fulfilling. And here’s looking to the next 5 years!
(Learn more about how I started Modern Ketubah 5 years ago.)
“My wife Rachel and I are thrilled with the ketubah you made for us. We are proudly displaying it in our home.”
Rachel and Ross chose my Fire ketubah of a gerbera daisy.
“While I did research for the wedding, I came across the Jewish tradition of ketubbot. Even though Daniel and I are non-Jews, we both loved the custom. We wanted to sign a religious marriage covenant, not just a secular marriage license. We decided on a Modern Ketubah ketubah, because the design is artistic and the text fits who we are. I can already envision the Tulip ketubah having in our bedroom. As for text, you allowed us to customize it to reflect our Christian faith while honoring the ketubah’s Jewish origin.”
Shelby and Daniel chose my Tulip ketubah.
I have just released seven new ketubah designs for Modern Ketubah. I created these new ketubahs from my some of my most recent photographs of lilies, roses, wildflowers and leaves. If you are interested in learning about how I got about creating these new ketubah designs, please read this post on my fine art photography blog.
Here are two of the seven new ketubah designs: Horizon Ketubah and Wildflower Ketubah.
You can find all of my new ketubah designs here.
Katie sent me this sweet photograph from her ketubah signing ceremony, along with the note: “I wanted to thank you so much for designing our beautiful ketubah! We absolutely love it and have received many comments on it. Thank you again for your quick and professional attention to such a delicate and memorable part of our wedding.”
For their ketubah, Katie and Matt’s chose my Center Ketubah, in the large (15″ x 20.5″) size.
Here are a couple sweet photographs from Beth and Chris’ ketubah signing:
Beth and Chris chose my Autumn Gold ketubah of a Japanese maple leaf.
Modern Ketubah is proud to now offer interfaith couples three new texts written specifically for them. I have written these new texts to honor how an interfaith marriage represents the coming together of two traditions, a merging of two different families into one new, stronger one. Here are a sample of what each new Interfaith text says:
- Interfaith 1: “Our lives are now forever intertwined. Our similarities will bind us, our differences will enrich us, and our love will define us.”
- Interfaith 2: “We approach this ketubah as two individuals with different backgrounds and individual lives, but shall leave it as one couple, one family, joined in love and commitment to each other.”
- Interfaith 3: “We will create a home built on the foundations of our traditions, and nurtured by the values of our families.”
Learn about all of the options you have available for your interfaith ketubah. To read these new texts, visit my page on text options for your ketubah and choose Interfaith 1, Interfaith 2, or Interfaith 3 from the menu for English texts.
Modern Ketubah is proud to now offer interfaith couples new choices to better customize their ketubahs. Each of my ketubah features a large poetic verse incorporated into the design. These verses usually come from Jewish tradition, such as “Ani l’dodi v’dod li” (I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine), which a very popular phrase for Jewish weddings which comes from the Song of Solomon.
To help interfaith couples make their ketubah more inclusive of both of their traditions, I have added a number of new poetic verses from a variety of non-traditional and non-religous sources, including Aristotle, Thoreau, and Ghandi. Through these words, any couple should be able to find a sentiment that best expresses what their ketubah means for them:
- Love must be as much a light as it is a flame (Henry Thoreau)
- Life is the flower for which love is the honey (Victor Hugo)
- To live without loving is not really to live (Moliere)
- Where there is love there is life (Gandhi)
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies (Aristotle)
These verses can be added to any of my designs. To see all of the verses available for your ketubah, visit my page on options for your ketubah. If you have a suggestion for another verse, please let me know.
