Wedding Stories Archives

Kimberly + David: A Jewish, Christian and Nigerian Wedding on the Ocean

By Kimberly Sara Kabonga

When my husband, David, and I were planning our Jewish and Nigerian wedding, it was important that the celebration...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Multiracial, Two Faith Wedding, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Wedding Stories, Weddings

What We Didn’t Know About Finding a Jewish Officiant

By Ezra Samuels

When people start planning their weddings, they often think about the decorations, attire and maybe the food....

Officiant, Wedding Planning, Wedding Stories, Weddings

How We Wrote Our Own Interfaith Ketubah

By Molly Kazin Marshall

Last fall, I had to postpone my wedding due to COVID-19. Ultimately, Evan and I decided we didn’t want to wait...

Ketubah, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Wedding Stories, Wedding Tips, Weddings

Getting Married Without My Parents’ Blessing

By Becca D'Onofrio

All I heard growing up was: “You’re going to marry a nice, Jewish doctor when you’re older.” And I honestly...

Relationship Challenges, Relationships, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Postponing Our Wedding But Not Our Marriage

By Molly Kazin Marshall

What happens when postponing your wedding goes from nightmare to reality? I first started working at 18Doors...

Wedding Stories, Weddings

Wedding Planning without Mom

By David Levy

Weddings are supposed to be days full of joy overflowing. Sure, we know that any big event involving multiple...

Engagement, LGBTQ, Wedding Planning, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Elana + Jai / Our Hindu & Jewish Wedding Ceremonies

By Elana Bell

It is two days until our Hindu wedding ceremony, and my fiancé Jai and I are standing outside the Rama Krishna...

Hindu Jewish Wedding, Jewish and Weddings, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Becky + Femi / Our Interracial Interfaith Jewish Wedding Ceremony in Atlanta

By Becky Sowemimo

Meet Becky + Femi. Becky is a high-energy class clown who loves to sing and cross things off her to-do list....

Jewish and Weddings, Two Faith Wedding, Wedding Recap, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Our Wedding Day Was Perfectly Us

By Elle Henderson

I would say that the morning of the wedding dawned like any other day—but, in my case, that would be an utter...

Wedding Recap, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Our Whirlwind, Long-Distance Engagement: An Interfaith Love Story

By Elle Henderson

It would surprise a lot of people to find out that I—the least spontaneous person I know—jumped right into the...

Engagement, Wedding Stories, Weddings

What You Can Learn from Our Big Day

By Becky Sowemimo

Since I’ve never been married, I have nothing to compare it to, but September 8, 2018 was the BEST DAY EVER! Our...

Multiracial, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Recap, Wedding Stories, Wedding Tips, Weddings

Why We’re Jumping the Broom

By Becky Sowemimo

With less than six weeks until the wedding (!!) I’d like to think I have most of my ducks in a row. Femi and...

Breaking the Glass, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Learning the Hard Way How to Communicate with My Fiancé

By Becky Sowemimo

Becky & Femi at a recent wedding “Oh…I thought I told you about that.” It’s a phrase I’ll admit I’ve said...

Wedding Planning, Wedding Stories, Weddings

A Girl, a Guy and a Waffle House

By Becky Sowemimo

In case you didn’t notice from the pictures, Femi and I are a devilishly handsome, interfaith, interracial couple....

Dating, Identity, Love, Relationships, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Swipe Right for True Love

By Becky Sowemimo

OK, I’ll come clean: I wasn’t expecting to meet my wife on Tinder. I’m not some app-phobic, anti-technology...

Dating, Love, Relationships, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

How a Slightly Disorganized and Overwhelmed Interfaith Couple Organized a Jewish Wedding Ceremony

By Nataliya Naydorf

I tried incredibly hard to make the wedding planning process as organized as I could. I had spreadsheets upon...

Wedding Recap, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Making Time to Reflect Before the Big Day

By Laura Drescher

We’re counting down the days—less than one month until the wedding! Plenty of friends and family have been...

Relationships, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Being Interfaith in the Face of Hatred

By Laura Drescher

This post was written in 2017 by my fiancé Zach Drescher, who is Jewish and whose work often intersects with...

Wedding Planning, Wedding Stories, Weddings

How Two Faiths Became One Family

By Laura Drescher

Zach making curried latkes for Hanukkah I recently joined a Facebook group that InterfaithFamily started to...

Christian Jewish Wedding, God, Identity, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

A Tale of Two Kitchens

By Nataliya Naydorf

“We’re not doing this!” Andy was visibly upset. “I won’t do it!” It was a year into our relationship and we...

Food, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Going Custom: Writing Our Own Interfaith Wedding Ceremony

By Laura Drescher

After my latest blog post on finding officiants for our Jewish-Catholic interfaith wedding, I got questions...

Wedding Stories, Weddings

First Come the Holidays, Then Comes Marriage

By Michele Zipkin & Vanessa Williams

We’re Michele and Vanessa: Michele is Jewish and grew up just outside Philadelphia and Vanessa was raised in...

Hanukkah, Wedding Planning, Wedding Stories

Growing Our Interfaith Marriage “Garden”

By Emily Golomb

Before Jose and I got married, I wondered how marriage would influence our personal growth. I frequently heard...

Jewish Catholic Relationships, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Fielding Questions about the Wedding & Our Life Together

By Alexandra Scanlon

Alexandra with her parents and fiancé The decision to get married inevitably invites inquiry. How did you meet?...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

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