Clergy Weddings

18Doors has released a report on its survey of rabbis’ practices around officiation and co-officiation at weddings...

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Rabbi Officiation Survey Results

Thank you for your interest in our rabbi officiation survey results. We are thrilled to provide them for you...

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Why I Changed My Mind

By Rabbi Arthur P. Nemitoff

It was one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make as a rabbi. To say no to my sister, who was getting married....

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Couples are marrying with or without us. Let’s help.

By Rabbi Keara Stein

The debate in Jewish communities about interfaith marriage is heating up. Rabbis and Jewish professionals are...

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Interview: The December Holidays From A Christian Perspective

While 18Doors is a Jewish organization, we naturally work with individuals and clergy of other faiths and often...

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Why I Co-Officiate Interfaith Marriages

The most popular days to get engaged are Christmas (and I assume Hanukkah!), New Year’s Eve, and Valentine’s...

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How to Find a Wedding Officiant Who’s the Right Fit for You

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Finding a wedding officiant that is a right fit is an important part of planning that special day. The...

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My Mission to Welcome

By Rabbi Sarah Tasman

This blog post originally appeared at Rituallwell.org One of my favorite parts of being a rabbi and the director...

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Top 7 Reasons Why Co-Officiating Weddings is a Joy of My Rabbinate

Rabbi Ari officiating at a wedding There are many reasons I enjoy co-officiating weddings. Here are some of...

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Start with Words of Yes

By Rabbi Jillian Cameron

When I became a rabbi, my own rabbi at home told me that the most important thing I had as a rabbi was my integrity...

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Rabbi Helbraun’s Decision to Officiate at Interfaith Marriages

The following is the transcript of Rabbi Sidney M. Helbraun’s Rosh Hashanah 5773 sermon given at Temple...

Opening the Gates

Leading up to and during my vacation there have been three big intermarriage stories in the media. They all...

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Why I Now Officiate at Interfaith Weddings

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

When I was ordained as a Reform Rabbi in 2000 I was certain that I would never officiate at interfaith wedding...

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Where Are Your Kinsmen?

I recently officiated a wedding in which there were only a few Jewish people there (and I was one of them)....

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Rabbi Reverses Interfaith Marriage Policy

The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles has a powerful article today, Rabbi reverses interfaith marriage policy. The...

The Bridal Expo

As I have blogged about before, one of the biggest challenges to expanding the work we are doing here in Chicago...

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Ashley Biden and Howard Krein’s Co-Officiated, Interfaith Marriage

By Benjamin Maron

We saw the article, [url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/meet-joe-bidens-future-son-law/story?id=16475464#.T84mDlKNGHR]last...

Interfaith Choices: Till Death Do Us Part

By Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael

28 March 14, 2012 In October 2011, I was called to do an interfaith wedding, scheduled for the day after...

An Historic Advance by the UJA-Federation of New York

Last week the [url=http://www.ujafedny.org/ ]UJA-Federation of New York[/url] released what could...

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Chelsea Clinton to Marry

By Ruth Abrams

Chelsea Clinton has been dating Marc Mezvinsky since before her mother was on the campaign trail for the Democratic...

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A Sample Interfaith Wedding Ceremony