Weddings Archives

Getting Married Without My Parents’ Blessing

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

Getting Married During a Pandemic? Here’s What to Know.

For many couples, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned wedding planning upside down. Whether you’ve decided to postpone...

Wedding Planning, Wedding Tips, Weddings

Postponing Our Wedding But Not Our Marriage

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

Wedding Stories, Weddings

A hand following words from the Torah with a pen.

Resources for Lifecycle Events Affected by the Coronavirus

Coronavirus Lifecycle Resources If your event plans are being affected by the coronavirus, we’re here to help....

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Death & Mourning, Weddings

A Ceremony That’s All Us

For those of us in the thick of wedding planning, we know that there are plenty of opportunities to customize...

Breaking the Glass, Chuppah, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Weddings

Weddings for the Interfaith Couple

Available in on-screen reading friendly (PDF) and printer-friendly, downloadable (PDF) versions. For more booklets,...

Booklets, Weddings

Image of an outdoor Jewish wedding under a chuppah.

After 25 Years of No, Now I Say Yes

In the late spring of 2009, I celebrated two wonderful anniversaries: 25 years of marriage to my beloved...

Weddings

Wedding Planning without Mom

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

Engagement, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Elana + Jai / Our Hindu & Jewish Wedding Ceremonies

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

Hindu Jewish Wedding, Wedding Stories, Weddings

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

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

Two Faith Wedding, Wedding Stories, Weddings

A jewish officiant with her arms around a bride and groom.

Amy + Kevin / Our Jewish Chinese Wedding

I’m draped on the couch skimming one of many wedding books on our coffee table. The first few pages provide...

Wedding Stories, Weddings

9 Questions To Ask Prospective Wedding Officiants

Your first conversation with a prospective officiant is your “interview,” and it’s your main opportunity to...

Officiant, Weddings

What Do We Do About Jesus at a Jewish Wedding?

I have officiated at many interfaith weddings during the past number of years. When I work with engaged couples,...

Clergy Weddings, Officiation, Weddings

Uncharted Territory: Planning Our Jewish Chinese Wedding

I’m draped on the couch skimming one of many wedding books on our coffee table. The first few pages provide...

Chinese Jewish Wedding, Weddings

Our Wedding Day Was Perfectly Us

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

Weddings

The Hardest Part: Choosing Our Officiant

Many people, myself included, have considered what their wedding might look like someday. Some even plan it...

Ketubah, Officiant, Wedding Planning, Wedding Venue, Weddings

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

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

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

Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Recap, Wedding Tips, Weddings

Why We’re Jumping the Broom

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

A Bride’s DIY Interfaith Wedding Program

When I first began the daunting task of looking for a wedding program template for my co-officiated Jewish-Christian...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Wedding Planning, Wedding Program, Weddings

Learning the Hard Way How to Communicate with My Fiancé

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

Rabbi Marc’s Top 5 Tips for Engaged Interfaith Couples

I have performed over 3,000 weddings throughout my 40-year career and I am passionate about working with Jewish...

Extended Family, In-laws, Officiant, Wedding Planning, Weddings

A Ceremony That’s All Us

For those of us in the thick of wedding planning, we know that there are plenty of opportunities to customize...

Breaking the Glass, Chuppah, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Weddings

New Styles in Chuppot (Wedding Canopies)

696 A circle of snowflakes, each one unique. A handstitched pillow, dipped in pink paint. A genealogical...

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