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Jewish couples wed in mass ceremony in Kyiv during recent Ukraine-Russia ceasefire

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In Kyiv, a collective Jewish wedding ceremony symbolizes hope after the ceasefire.

Among them, a 92-year-old couple deeply moved the attendees, becoming one of the most striking symbols of this extraordinary ...
Religion News Service

Each Jewish couple’s story starts long before the wedding − and so does the celebration of their life together

(The Conversation) — Anita Diamant, the prolific writer and Jewish feminist activist, begins her book “The Jewish Wedding Now” with a simple statement: “According to Jewish law, the requirements for a ...
The Conversation

For American Jews, interfaith weddings are a new normal – and creatively weave both traditions together

More than 10 years ago, I attended a college friend’s wedding in New York City. My friend is Muslim, her husband Jewish. They were married under a Jewish wedding canopy made from the groom’s bar ...
The Conversation

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 traditional Christian weddings. Historically, the ceremony was essentially a transfer of property: A woman went from being the responsibility of ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

How to conduct a Jewish wedding when Israel is still burying its dead? These rabbis did it.

(JTA) — The Hamas attacks that claimed over 1,400 Jewish lives on Oct. 7 set off an intense period of global Jewish mourning. As Israel assembled troops for a possible ground invasion of Gaza, and ...