weddings

To know they are valued, welcomed and loved

Young statisticians in love. Can you imagine their wedding? If you do, please don’t imagine anything stuffy or stilted. Because ...

I spent the last two years learning in a beit midrash (Jewish hall of study) in Israel. My beit midrash ...

I have felt particularly blessed lately. I just celebrated 10 years of service at my congregation. Thankfully, these 10 years have been ...

I officiate at a lot of weddings. Many of those ceremonies are between a Jewish partner and a partner of ...

My Orthodox Jewish self, my fear and shame, my internalized homophobia could not fathom a way of bringing my relationship with my religion and my understanding of what God wants for me into marriage with a woman. It has taken me years of being out and going through heartbreak and growth to be in the place that I believe that God wants to be involved in my marriage to Mary. In order to be married in an authentic way, I need both my religious self and my queer self to be there.

The most popular days to get engaged are Christmas (and I assume Hanukkah!), New Year’s Eve, and Valentine’s Day. That ...

As May rolls along, one thing is very clear: wedding season is here.With so many positive steps towards marriage equality ...

“Can a rabbi officiate at a wedding of two non-Jews?” a colleague asked on a on a rabbinic Facebook group ...

I have been an active participant in a group of Muslims, Christians and Jews that meets two to three times ...