KIBBUTZ HULDA, Israel — There was nothing subversive about it at first glance: The bride wore white; the groom broke a glass under the wedding canopy to a hearty “Mazel Tov!” But the couple was part ...

It’s one of the most recognized rituals of a Jewish wedding — and it’s long been stoked with controversy. Under the wedding canopy, the bride circles the groom seven times. Why seven — and why even do ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract From as early as the thirteenth century, the visual dimension of Jewish esotericism was manifest in various representations of the kabbalistic ...

(JTA) — When Nadiv Schorer and Ariel Meiri were married on Sunday, the rabbi standing with them under the wedding canopy was breaking new ground, too. For Avram Mlotek, a rabbi affiliated with a ...

(The Conversation) — A Catholic friar under the chuppah? A bride in henna and a groom in a kippah? Many Jewish interfaith couples find ways to honor both of their faiths. (The Conversation) — More ...

July 6, 2019, Younes Conference Center, Kearney, Deana Coufal Photography YOUNG LOVE John DeLaet and Tessa Mannlein met in 2004 as they started sixth grade. They stayed friends as they dated different ...