Experiencing pre-wedding jitters is quite common, even for well-organized brides like Ronit Travers and Roma Yee. The couple had meticulously prepared for their traditional Jewish ceremony over ...
For most Israelis in the Jewish state, there is one legal way to get married – God’s way. Israeli law empowers only Orthodox rabbis to officiate at Jewish weddings, but popular opposition is growing ...
(JTA) As a teen, Nadiv Schorer felt a deep sense of grief when attending his older siblings’ weddings. After he realized he was attracted to men, he thought there was no way for him to build a life in ...
No request is too big and no intricate detail is too small when it comes to the "Big Day." But why do we get married the way we do? World Wide Wed explores the customs and traditions that define ...
An organization of Modern Orthodox rabbis who performed alternative religious wedding ceremonies for non-religious couples has been banned from registering the couples as married. The Tzohar ...
Princess Theodora is fresh off the heels of a fabulous Greek wedding—and I imagine the Portokalos family would be proud. On September 28, the 41-year-old princess tied the knot with her fiancé, ...
When Galit Weidman Sassoon got engaged last year, her thoughts turned to the kind of wedding ceremony she and her fianc wanted — meaningful, egalitarian and Jewish.As secular Jews, Weidman Sassoon ...
(JTA) — When Nadiv Schorer and Ariel Meiri were married on Sunday, the rabbi standing with them under the wedding canopy was breaking new ground, too. For Avram Mlotek, a rabbi affiliated with a ...