About 1,500 guests are expected to participate in the wedding of Rabbi Levi Duchman ... will highlight the increasing openness of Jewish life in the Persian Gulf. But the Jewish presence in ...

Fifteen years ago, in his early years of officiating Persian Jewish weddings ... had to ask the happy couple whether the food at the wedding would be certified kosher, because that was also ...

“Sofreh Aghd refers to the traditional Persian wedding ceremony where the legal marriage typically takes place,” she said. “The couple sit in front of the Sofreh adorned with symbolic items ...

But on the wedding day, Rabbi Akiva’s daughter offered ... The story is set in 12th-century Kaifeng, China, the city where Persian Jewish merchants established China’s first Jewish community.

The technique was used extensively by Persian royalty and adopted by the Iranian Jewish community to decorate wedding dresses for local Jewish brides. Persian Jews then brought zardozi embroidery ...

And that's just the start of plenty of Jewish wedding traditions to learn about. Back to matchmaking, though. The great patriarch, Abraham, had a servant named Eliezer, who traveled to his home ...

But actual Jewish weddings are much more than that: They have before, during and after phases, and they vary widely throughout the world. To explore Jewish women’s experiences of their weddings ...

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco revealed one Jewish tradition they'll have at their wedding. The couple — who announced their engagement in December 2024 — opened up about their future nuptials ...

“‘He said, ‘you gotta do it as a Persian wedding, that’s the best way to showcase all of the culture in a video,'” the singer shared via Instagram. “I found it was so similar in ways ...

begins her book “The Jewish Wedding Now” with a simple statement: “According to Jewish law, the requirements for a kosher wedding can be summed up in a few words: a bride accepts an object ...