From the marriage contract to breaking the glass under the chuppah, many Jewish couples adapt their weddings to celebrate gender equality Traditional Jewish weddings share one key aspect with ...
The tradition of Jewish matchmaking dates back to, well, Genesis 24—so, well before the song "Matchmaker" of Fiddler on the Roof fame brought matchmaking to Broadway. And that's just the start of ...
(The Conversation) — A Catholic friar under the chuppah? A bride in henna and a groom in a kippah? Many Jewish interfaith couples find ways to honor both of their faiths. (The Conversation) — More ...
(JTA) — For the third of their three weddings, Hallie Applebaum and Elan Raffel set up a chuppah in Oaxaca, the Mexican city where they first confessed their love for each other. Oaxaca is a vibrant ...
Samira Mehta receives funding from the Henry Luce Foundation for work on Jews of Color. Traditional Jewish weddings share one key aspect with traditional Christian weddings. Historically, the ceremony ...
I love weddings. Two weeks ago, I received word about a special wedding that was planned at an unlikely venue: a local Jewish school. I was so touched that a school had offered to host a wedding. But ...
While reality TV junkies don’t usually look to their favorite shows as shining beacons of cultural representation, this season of Netflix's hit series, Love Is Blind, is offering a different ...
Han Smith and Jennifer Andreacchi had been Jewish for just weeks when they became the first LGBTQ Jews to wed in Scotland. (JTA) — Han Smith and Jennifer Andreacchi recently made international news ...
Samira Mehta receives funding from the Henry Luce Foundation for a research initiative called Jews of Color: Histories and Futures. More than 10 years ago, I attended a college friend’s wedding in New ...