This museum is located in New York City’s Battery Park City. The construction of the $21.5 million building started in 1994 and on September 15, 1997 the museum was opened to the public. The building of the museum is topped by a pyramid structure, and the building is six sided in general, which resembles the six points of the star of David and 6 million jews who were killed in world war two.The building was designed by Roche Dinkeloo. The museum is a living memorial in honor of those who perished in the holocaust. There more than 25,000 items regarding to Holocaust and modern Jewish history. One of the main parts of the museum is the core exhibition which takes place in the six sided building. The Core exhibition shows the life of Jews in 20th and 21st century. Of course there are other temporary exhibitions too, which may take place in different situations.
Jewish wedding
Basically the marriage which follows Jewish traditions and rules is called a Jewish wedding though the the ceremonies differ in different groups of Jews. But the main parts of the wedding which are technically the same in all different traditions are, kiddushin and nissuin. Kiddushin is the same as betrothal in jewish culture, it’s also called erusin and nissuin is marriage. A jewish wedding ceremony in common includes aketube which is the marriage contract and needs 2 witnesses to sign it, wedding canopy or so called huppah or chupah in Hebrew, the ring which the groom gives to the bride under chuppah, and finally breaking of the glass.
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