How young people once used Yiddish personal ads to find a partner
One ad was from a foreman's assistant, who hoped to open his own factory with the help of his future bride’s dowry
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Culture How a wedding in Oklahoma taught a group of police officers and SWAT team members to care about Judaism and Israel
Before my daughter's marriage, many attendees had never met a Jew
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Culture It’s a classic Yiddish saying — but did it come from a biblical story about Jesus?
The origins of the phrase 'you can't dance at two weddings with one behind' has uncertain origins, but one scholar has a surprising idea
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Fast Forward In a first for Conservative Judaism, synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings
The policy change at Adath Jeshurun Congregation, a large synagogue in suburban Minneapolis, goes against rules set by the Conservative movement
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BINTEL BRIEF I don’t like my friend’s boyfriend. Do I have to invite him to my wedding?
Bintel says: You’re the bride, but remember that all actions have consequences
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Fast Forward Israelis are going forward with their weddings despite war and loss in their own families
"We don't believe that it’s good luck to push it off," said one groom who got married at his army post on Monday
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Fast Forward How to conduct a Jewish wedding when Israel is still burying its dead? These rabbis did it.
How do you celebrate when so many are still burying their dead?
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Culture Wedding during wartime: A donated cake, a volunteer band, fairy lights by the bomb shelter
Jewish law says marriages go forward even in times of tragedy
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