A new edition of a user-friendly guide to making a modern Jewish wedding has changed its approach to same-sex weddings. Rabbi Hara Person, publisher and director of CCAR Press, which publishes books ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A chuppah is used in many Jewish weddings, but how it's decorated can weave other cultures into the ceremony, too. Jason ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ketubah is a binding document in Jewish law that traditionally spells out a groom's responsibilities toward his wife − but ...

(JTA) — When my wife and I were planning our wedding, we thought it might be cool to hire a klezmer band. This was during the first wave of the klezmer revival, when groups like The Klezmatics and The ...

The theme of the 6th Jerusalem Biennale — delayed until now due to the Oct. 7 attack and the war in Gaza — is tzon barzel, or, “iron flock,” which refers to a Talmudic concept that property a woman ...

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 ...