The most famous Jewish wedding tradition of all has been around since at least the 4th century CE. This sacred setting is where the iconic glass-breaking ritual occurs. Thoroughly wrapped up in cloth ...

On a September afternoon, as the strains of Pachelbel’s Canon filled a flower-laden hotel ballroom, Melanie Lo and her father slowly proceeded past family and friends toward a huppah, the Jewish ...

Tying the Knot: Jewish Wedding Traditions is on exhibit at the Jewish Cultural Center on through July 31. The exhibit is composed of ketubot (illustrated Jewish marriage contracts), a heritage chuppah ...

LAS VEGAS (JTA) – Rabbi Mel Hecht clutches his black coffee and paces in front of the Dunkin’ Donuts just down the road from the Red Rock Casino. It’s 2:27 p.m., and the couple said they’d be here by ...

No man without woman, no woman without man, neither without God. Those are some of the words used in the Jewish wedding ceremony. For Bobbi Shorr, curator of the Abraham J. Feldman Museum at ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. The theme of the ...

I'm a rabbi whose marriage isn't, strictly speaking, kosher. That is to say, we didn't marry according to standard understandings of Jewish law. On purpose. It could be argued that one key part of the ...

Rabbi Mel Hecht clutches his black coffee and paces in front of the Dunkin’ Donuts just down the road from the Red Rock Casino. It’s 2:27 p.m., and the couple said they’d be here by 2:20. The ...