The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/huppah/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:48:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png huppah | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/huppah/ 32 32 Boston Chabad marries 3 couples who were barred from having Jewish weddings in USSR https://www.timesofisrael.com/boston-chabad-marries-3-couples-who-were-barred-from-having-jewish-weddings-in-ussr/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 23:31:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2948386 'It was my dream': Ukraine-born husbands and wives, married for a collective 125 years, stand under huppah for 1st time because religious ceremonies were illegal in Soviet Union

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]]> In a creative COVID union, wedding guests helped craft the huppah and ketubah https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-a-creative-covid-union-wedding-guests-helped-craft-the-huppah-and-ketubah/ Fri, 14 Jan 2022 20:44:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2677433 Wanting to be surrounded by loved ones but aware some may not feel safe attending, Julie Plaut Warwick and Ben Schreiber literally construct their canopy out of mailed-in blessings

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]]> ‘Saturday Night Live’ star Beck Bennett just had a Jewish wedding https://www.timesofisrael.com/saturday-night-live-star-beck-bennett-just-had-a-jewish-wedding/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 07:11:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1917783 Putin impersonator marries his long-time girlfriend, Jewish actress Jessy Hodges

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]]> Jewish woman’s same-sex wedding takes the spotlight in Brazil https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-womans-same-sex-wedding-takes-the-spotlight-in-brazil/ Mon, 12 Mar 2018 23:27:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1808746 Social media and local news awash with photos of ceremony held under the chuppah at the iconic Copacabana Palace

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]]> Israeli top agent renews vows under chuppah at Christ the Redeemer https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-superstar-agent-renews-vows-under-chuppah-at-christ-the-redeemer/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:17:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1718310 Kippah-clad A-list stars gather for marriage ceremony between Guy Oseary and Michelle Alves

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]]> Cue the camels! Israelis are throwing themselves one-of-a-kind outdoor weddings https://www.timesofisrael.com/cue-the-camels-israelis-are-throwing-themselves-one-of-a-kind-outdoor-weddings/ Tue, 22 Aug 2017 13:27:53 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1680783 Young couples have become dissatisfied with the 'copy and paste' approach of wedding halls, which they view as inauthentic

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]]> Surprise wedding thrills attendees at Maccabiah opening https://www.timesofisrael.com/surprise-wedding-thrills-attendees-at-maccabiah-open/ Fri, 07 Jul 2017 01:55:20 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1654041 Thousands cheer on-stage proposal and immediate nuptials of Canadian hockey player and his girlfriend; officiating Orthodox rabbi hails openness to converts amid current intra-Jewish disputes

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]]> Holland has first Jewish military wedding since Holocaust https://www.timesofisrael.com/holland-has-first-jewish-military-wedding-since-holocaust/ Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:00:57 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1609135 Marine corporal salutes navy sabre arch after ceremony, in honor of last religious ceremony of its kind since 1939

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]]> Jerusalem hotels: Unlikely hotbeds of furtive, meticulous romance https://www.timesofisrael.com/hotel-lobby-dating/ Sun, 23 Apr 2017 05:49:27 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1601034 In lobbies throughout the capital, young ultra-Orthodox men and women sit down every evening to participate in a carefully rehearsed dating ritual

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]]> Jewish joy in Cambodia https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/jewish-joy-in-cambodia/ Sun, 05 Mar 2017 12:12:15 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1573744 A chuppah in the land returning from the killing fields celebrates world Jewry as much as it welcomes the new couple

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]]> Believing in miracles, Israel’s ‘Walt Disney’ survived Holocaust by the sleight of his talented hands https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-walt-disney-believed-in-miracles-surviving-the-holocaust-by-the-sleight-of-his-talented-hands/ Fri, 06 May 2016 09:46:02 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1387277 Artist and early animator Joseph Bau was a 'Schindler Jew' who saved hundreds of other Jewish lives, forging documents in the Krakow ghetto

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]]> First Jewish same-sex marriage at Latin America shul gets the okay https://www.timesofisrael.com/first-jewish-same-sex-marriage-at-latin-america-shul-gets-the-okay/ Thu, 07 Apr 2016 17:47:35 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1371945 Romi Charur and Vicky Escobar will meet under the huppah in Buenos Aires

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]]> Thousands from Israel, overseas at wedding of terror victim’s daughter https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-from-around-israel-overseas-attend-wedding-of-terror-victims-daughter/ Thu, 26 Nov 2015 22:44:24 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1292066 Some fly in following open public invite from bride Sarah Techiya Litman and groom Ariel Biegel; marriage held two weeks after Litman's father and brother were murdered

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]]> WATCH: Daughter of terror victim opens her wedding to the world https://www.timesofisrael.com/watch-daughter-of-terror-victim-opens-her-wedding-to-the-world/ Thu, 26 Nov 2015 17:16:13 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1291958&preview_id=1291958 Sarah Techiya Litman marries Ariel Beigel in Jerusalem less than 2 weeks after her father, brother were murdered by Palestinian gunmen

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]]> Vote against alternative Jewish weddings roils Diaspora https://www.timesofisrael.com/world-jewry-presses-for-alternative-jewish-weddings-in-israel/ Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:57:21 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1100445 A two-year sentence for those performing or participating in illegal ceremonies is upheld in a committee vote

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