Wedding Planning Archives - Page 4 of 6

The Perfect Veil

By Anne Goodman

My mom & dad on their wedding day with my mom's parents My mom gave me her wedding veil: a simple veil...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Family, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Weddings

Meetings with the Monsignor

By Anne Goodman

In order for my marriage to Sam to be recognized in the Catholic Church, I have to request permission from the...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Family, Officiant, Religion, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Weddings

The Plans…thus far.

By Dana Pulda and Chris Acone

To follow up with Chris’ philosophical post last week, I thought I would lighten it up a bit and do a...

Circling, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Weddings

How Do I Pick My Ketubah Witness?

By Adriana Saipe

This article is reprinted with permission from the author, who posted it to her website, inkwithintent.com. So,...

Ketubah, Wedding Planning, Wedding Toolbox, Weddings

Exploring Our Interfaith Relationship(s)

By Anne Goodman

Sam and I got engaged in September and this blog is our place to share with you a little bit about us as individuals...

Family, Relationships, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Better than Date Night

By Jessie Boatright

As I prepared to publish this post, I hesitated for a second, as hopefully many of you who read my posts also...

Parenting, Relationship Successes, Relationships, Wedding Planning

Reconstructing the Ketubah: Finding the Sweetness in Tradition

By Matt Rice

I attended services at Mishkan Shalom last spring. A friend of mine led the Torah study that preceded services....

Ketubah, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Weddings

Finding God

By Jane Larkin

Finding God at sunset on Lake Kezar in Maine I’d like to say that my family and I find our deepest spiritual...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Co-officiation, Officiant, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Smashing the Idols: How to Plan a Nontraditional Jewish Wedding

By Matt Rice

“We should have eloped.” One of us has said that every week since we began planning our wedding. “We should...

Circling, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Weddings

Genetic Screening: Why you should consider it

By Wendy Armon

When you fall in love and decide that your partner is going to be the person you want to share your life with,...

Gender, Relationships, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Cleaning

By Chana-Esther Dayan

Passover requires an intense amount of cleaning. I have read numerous articles about how it really should only...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Hora, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Love Is In The Air

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

Is an interfaith ketubah Legit? Love is in the air… (Is it wrong for a rabbi to say “happy Valentines...

Ketubah, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual

Insights on Engaging Interfaith Families from the NY Community Study

By Edmund Case

The 2011 Jewish Community Study of New York, released in June 2012, has important findings for all those interested...

Officiant, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Wedding Tips, Wedding Toolbox, Weddings

The Wedding: A Mixed Blessing

By Sarah Callahan

176 Originally published June 2005. Republished May 7, 2012 I have dreamed about my wedding since I was...

Family, In-laws, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Bring a Friend to School Day

By Elana MacGilpin

As a parent, you never know the unintended benefits of signing your kids up for extra-curricular activities...

Dating, Engagement, Identity, Ketubah, Officiant, Relationships, Religion, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Video 10: the wedding dance and the hora

By Yolanda Febles

Hey 18Doors! We are less than 4 weeks away from the big day…eek! We’re still working on a gazillion...

Hora, Reception, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Video 6: what to do when you suck at wedding planning

By Yolanda Febles

Greetings 18Doors Family & Friends, Arel and I have been out of the loop for awhile due to the recent high...

Wedding Planning, Weddings

Video 3: Our first meeting with the Rabbi

By Yolanda Febles

In this video, Arel and I talk about meeting our rabbi, Rabbi Pepperstone (aka Rabbi P:). We spent 4 hours talking...

Officiant, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Video 2: We chose a date and a venue

By Yolanda Febles

In this video, Yolanda and Arel reveal their wedding date which is coming up right around the corner. They also...

Wedding Planning, Wedding Venue, Weddings

Mazel Tov and Mubarak: Our Three-Day Jewish-Sikh Wedding

By Erica Ravin-Anand

Some brides are born to plan a wedding and others are not. I happen to fall into the latter of those two categories....

Love, Marriage, Two Faith Wedding, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Happy and Proud

By Edmund Case

People who know me know that I am rarely satisfied. When something really positive happens, I am usually immediately...

Marriage, Newlywed, Wedding Planning, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Phoenix Here We Come, Phoenix Here We Are

By Mia Howard Tavan

This week, Ethan was freed from the bonds of the academic calendar (boy, finals are fun) and we near instantly...

Family, Wedding Food, Wedding Planning, Wedding Venue, Weddings

No one ever said WHICH seven blessings

By Mia Howard Tavan

Mia stole the show last time, so now you’re all stuck with me — Ethan. This week we had our first...

Co-officiation, Officiant, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Weddings

For the first night of Hanukkah…

By Benjamin Maron

So. Much. Hanukkah. With the festival of lights starting this evening (are you ready to light the menorah? Check...

Wedding Food, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Wedding Planning

Stay in the know.