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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

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A couple prepares to step on a glass, a symbol in Jewish weddings, after their Jewish ceremony in Boston, February 7, 2023. (Igor Klimov via JTA)
February 11, 2023, 1:31 am
Boston Chabad marries 3 couples who were barred from having Jewish weddings in USSR
‘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
By Penny Schwartz
Ben and Julie Schreiber were married October 10, 2021, in Kirkland, Washington, under a huppah whose design incorporated blessings from their friends and wedding guests. (JennyGG Photography/ via JTA)
January 14, 2022, 10:44 pm
In a creative COVID union, wedding guests helped craft the huppah and ketubah
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
By Alix Wall
Beck Bennett with Jessy Hodges at the after party for the premiere of HBO’s “Barry” at NeueHouse Hollywood in Los Angeles, March 21, 2018. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images via JTA)
August 31, 2018, 10:11 am
‘Saturday Night Live’ star Beck Bennett just had a Jewish wedding
Putin impersonator marries his long-time girlfriend, Jewish actress Jessy Hodges
By Gabe Friedman
Priscila Raab, left, and Roberta Gradel at their wedding in Rio de Janeiro, March 10, 2018. (Marco Rodrigues)
March 13, 2018, 1:27 am
Jewish woman’s same-sex wedding takes the spotlight in Brazil
Social media and local news awash with photos of ceremony held under the chuppah at the iconic Copacabana Palace
By Marcus M. Gilban
Israeli-born talent manager, writer and businessman Guy Oseary in 2013. (CC BY TechCrunch, Wikimedia Commons)
October 26, 2017, 12:17 pm
Israeli top agent renews vows under chuppah at Christ the Redeemer
Kippah-clad A-list stars gather for marriage ceremony between Guy Oseary and Michelle Alves
By ToI Staff
Shani (R) and Ran Maaman enjoy the company of camels at their wedding in the Judean Desert, May 11, 2017. (Dana Bar-On/JTA)
August 22, 2017, 4:27 pm
Cue the camels! Israelis are throwing themselves one-of-a-kind outdoor weddings
Young couples have become dissatisfied with the ‘copy and paste’ approach of wedding halls, which they view as inauthentic
By Andrew Tobin
Canadian hockey player Avi Steinberg and his girlfriend of four years, and recent convert to Judaism, Rachel Dixon, get married at the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah 20th Games in Jerusalem, July 6, 2017. (Screenshot)
July 7, 2017, 4:55 am
Surprise wedding thrills attendees at Maccabiah opening
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
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Jewish wedding with chuppah in Vienna 2007. (CC BY SA 2.5 Gryffindor)
April 28, 2017, 10:00 pm
Holland has first Jewish military wedding since Holocaust
Marine corporal salutes navy sabre arch after ceremony, in honor of last religious ceremony of its kind since 1939
By JTA
A couple stands next to a large light installation in the Old City of Jerusalem, June 6, 2013. (Sliman Khader/Flash90)
April 23, 2017, 8:49 am
Jerusalem hotels: Unlikely hotbeds of furtive, meticulous romance
In lobbies throughout the capital, young ultra-Orthodox men and women sit down every evening to participate in a carefully rehearsed dating ritual
By Tracy Frydberg
David Benger
March 5, 2017, 2:12 pm
David Benger
Jewish joy in Cambodia
A chuppah in the land returning from the killing fields celebrates world Jewry as much as it welcomes the new couple
Joseph Bau's drafting table and tools, still in their place in his studio, under a portrait of him with his wife, Rebecca (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
May 6, 2016, 12:46 pm
Believing in miracles, Israel’s ‘Walt Disney’ survived Holocaust by the sleight of his talented hands
Artist and early animator Joseph Bau was a ‘Schindler Jew’ who saved hundreds of other Jewish lives, forging documents in the Krakow ghetto
By Jessica Steinberg
Vicky Escobar, left, and Romi Charur will be married at a synagogue in Argentina. (Facebook/JTA)
April 7, 2016, 8:47 pm
First Jewish same-sex marriage at Latin America shul gets the okay
Romi Charur and Vicky Escobar will meet under the huppah in Buenos Aires
By JTA
Sarah Litman and Ariel Biegel at their wedding at the Jerusalem International Convention Center, November 26, 2015. Litman's father and brother were murdered in a shooting attack on November 13, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 27, 2015, 12:44 am
Thousands from Israel, overseas at wedding of terror victim’s daughter
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
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Sarah Litman and Ariel Biegel under huppah at their wedding on November 26, 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)
November 26, 2015, 7:16 pm
WATCH: Daughter of terror victim opens her wedding to the world
Sarah Techiya Litman marries Ariel Beigel in Jerusalem less than 2 weeks after her father, brother were murdered by Palestinian gunmen
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Seth Farber, right, officiating at a wedding (photo - courtesy)
December 2, 2014, 4:57 pm
Vote against alternative Jewish weddings roils Diaspora
A two-year sentence for those performing or participating in illegal ceremonies is upheld in a committee vote
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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