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WEDDINGS: Jewish Matrimony

When planning a Jewish wedding, there are laws and traditions concerning everything from the engagement, to the procession, to the week after the wedding. In recent years, the conversation has expanded to include ways to make the wedding ceremony more egalitarian, and ideas for same-sex and interfaith couples.

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