Benjamin Steiner is a visiting assistant professor of religion at Trinity College, Hartford. His peer-reviewed scholarship has appeared in the American Jewish Archives Journal, Modern Judaism, and American Jewish History.

• List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Tales of the Jewish Marriage Contract Chapter 1. Dower Rights and Ketubah Rites in Early New York Chapter 2. Bridging Religious and Secular Law in Antebellum South Carolina and Georgia Chapter 3. Marriage, Acculturation, and Upward Mobility among Nineteenth-Century California Jews Chapter 4. Translation and Jewish Social Integration in Victorian London Chapter 5. Saving the Jewish Family in Postwar America Epilogue: Who Owns the Jewish Marriage Contract Today? Appendix: Ketubah Translations from America and England, 1775–1960 Notes Bibliography Index

"An indispensable addition to the study of Jewish marriage customs and women’s legal rights, this meticulously researched book offers a fascinating journey through the history of English translations of ketubot in America and England from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries." —Ellen M. Umansky, author of From Christian Science to Jewish Science: Spiritual Healing and American Jews "Translating the Ketubah is a most welcome contribution to scholars, students, and anyone eager to enjoy a pathbreaking approach to religious studies and American Jewish history." —Zev Eleff, author of Who Rules the Synagogue? Religious Authority and the Formation of American Judaism

Benjamin Steiner is a visiting assistant professor of religion at Trinity College, Hartford. His peer-reviewed scholarship has appeared in the American Jewish Archives Journal, Modern Judaism, and American Jewish History.

• List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Tales of the Jewish Marriage Contract Chapter 1. Dower Rights and Ketubah Rites in Early New York Chapter 2. Bridging Religious and Secular Law in Antebellum South Carolina and Georgia Chapter 3. Marriage, Acculturation, and Upward Mobility among Nineteenth-Century California Jews Chapter 4. Translation and Jewish Social Integration in Victorian London Chapter 5. Saving the Jewish Family in Postwar America Epilogue: Who Owns the Jewish Marriage Contract Today? Appendix: Ketubah Translations from America and England, 1775–1960 Notes Bibliography Index

"An indispensable addition to the study of Jewish marriage customs and women’s legal rights, this meticulously researched book offers a fascinating journey through the history of English translations of ketubot in America and England from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries." —Ellen M. Umansky, author of From Christian Science to Jewish Science: Spiritual Healing and American Jews "Translating the Ketubah is a most welcome contribution to scholars, students, and anyone eager to enjoy a pathbreaking approach to religious studies and American Jewish history." —Zev Eleff, author of Who Rules the Synagogue? Religious Authority and the Formation of American Judaism

Benjamin Steiner is a visiting assistant professor of religion at Trinity College, Hartford. His peer-reviewed scholarship has appeared in the American Jewish Archives Journal, Modern Judaism, and American Jewish History.

• List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Tales of the Jewish Marriage Contract Chapter 1. Dower Rights and Ketubah Rites in Early New York Chapter 2. Bridging Religious and Secular Law in Antebellum South Carolina and Georgia Chapter 3. Marriage, Acculturation, and Upward Mobility among Nineteenth-Century California Jews Chapter 4. Translation and Jewish Social Integration in Victorian London Chapter 5. Saving the Jewish Family in Postwar America Epilogue: Who Owns the Jewish Marriage Contract Today? Appendix: Ketubah Translations from America and England, 1775–1960 Notes Bibliography Index

"An indispensable addition to the study of Jewish marriage customs and women’s legal rights, this meticulously researched book offers a fascinating journey through the history of English translations of ketubot in America and England from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries." —Ellen M. Umansky, author of From Christian Science to Jewish Science: Spiritual Healing and American Jews "Translating the Ketubah is a most welcome contribution to scholars, students, and anyone eager to enjoy a pathbreaking approach to religious studies and American Jewish history." —Zev Eleff, author of Who Rules the Synagogue? Religious Authority and the Formation of American Judaism