Jewish Press

Is The Music At Frum Weddings Too Loud?

The music at many, if not most, weddings is definitely too loud. Such loud music is medically damaging, and it is shocking that it is tolerated in the Orthodox community. We have a halachic obligation ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Couples reimagining Jewish wedding ceremony

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 ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

7 surprising facts about Jewish weddings, courtesy of a new exhibit

The inaugural exhibit at the Jewish Theological Seminary’s new library challenges assumptions about the way Jewish weddings have “always” been done. But the inaugural exhibit at the newly opened ...
The Forward

Jewish weddings are back — and so are rising prices, staff shortages and lots of uncertainty

(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — After 18 months of barely performing any weddings at all, For Rabbi Howard Buechler of the Dix Hills Jewish Center on Long Island recently found himself with ...
The Conversation

From the marriage contract to breaking the glass under the chuppah, many Jewish couples adapt their weddings to celebrate gender equality

Samira Mehta receives funding from the Henry Luce Foundation for work on Jews of Color. Traditional Jewish weddings share one key aspect with traditional Christian weddings. Historically, the ceremony ...