Cynthia Pearlman Benjamin

Cynthia Pearlman Benjamin

Cynthia Pearlman Benjamin is a Hebrew calligrapher. Her career began in 1973. Her work includes ketubot (Jewish marriage contracts) and other documents. Examples of her "ketubot" can be found in more than one hundred private collections in the United States, Israel and Europe. Fact|date=April 2008 Benjamin's work often combines the Hebrew text with paper cuts, floral and geometric illuminations, and use of unusual materials. Her work has been featured in the "Jewish Catalog" by Michael Strassfeld, Richard Siegel, and Sharon Strassfeld and "The Jewish Yellow Pages" and "Jewish Party Book" by Mae Shafter Rockland.


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