

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Boozy Lectures Presents The Black Wedding: The Ritual to Stop The Plague
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: What if marriage could stop a plague? The chilling history of the Black Wedding - a ritual that many believed could drive away epidemics.About this EventDuring the cholera epidemics, some Jewish communities practiced a ritual known as the Black Wedding; a marriage held in a cemetery between two socially marginalized individuals (i.e., orphans, beggars, disabled, homeless, etc.) who often had little chance of marrying under ordinary circumstances.The ceremony was believed to drive disease away as a reward from God for its "charitable and sacred" gesture.So, where did this ritual come from? Were these individuals forced to marry? And why did communities believe it worked?This was practiced across the Ashkenazi diaspora, from Palestine to Manitoba, before disappearing in the 1930s... only to reappear decades later during COVID-19 in Israel.Led by Roderick Richardson, a University of Manitoba researcher whose work explores religious responses to epidemics. His research traces the Black Wedding as a striking intersection of belief, survival, and social reality.Escape the cold, and warm up the brain with this week's lecture!? Home and Away YYC - 1207 1 St SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0V3? Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM MTDoors open at 6, lecture begins at 6:30 PM***If you reserved a ticket and can no longer attend, we ask that you please cancel your ticket so your fellow scholar on the waitlist can take your place.Thank you for looking out for your fellow scholars and for showing up to the Boozy community!Click here to support us by buying our merch!
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- **Event Categories**: nonprofit
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Calgary
- **state**: AB
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Home and Away YYC
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- **full address**: Home and Away YYC, 1207 1 Street Southwest, Calgary, Canada

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- **organizer**: Boozy Lectures (https://allevents.in/org/boozy-lectures/26873871)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Home and Away YYC, 1207 1 Street Southwest, Calgary, Canada
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- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
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- **Q**: What type of event is this?
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