Yahoo

From the marriage contract to breaking the glass under the chuppah, many Jewish couples adapt their weddings to celebrate gender equality

The ketubah is a binding document in Jewish law that traditionally spells out a groom's responsibilities toward his wife − but that many couples adapt to be more egalitarian. PowerSiege/iStock via ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Couples reimagining Jewish wedding ceremony

From the marriage contract to breaking the glass under the chuppah, many Jewish couples adapt their weddings to celebrate gender equality Traditional Jewish weddings share one key aspect with ...
WUNC

The largest branch in American Judaism now ordains rabbis in interfaith marriages

Of the dominant branches of Judaism in the United States - Orthodox, Conservative and Reform - the Reform movement is the largest. It's also the only one of the three that performs interfaith ...
The Forward

Child marriage banned in Washington, D.C., after push by Jewish advocates

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. (JTA) — New ...
SFGate

From the marriage contract to breaking the glass under the chuppah, many Jewish couples adapt their weddings to celebrate gender equality

(THE CONVERSATION) Traditional Jewish weddings share one key aspect with traditional Christian weddings. Historically, the ceremony was essentially a transfer of property: A woman went from being the ...
Religion News Service

From the marriage contract to breaking the glass under the chuppah, many Jewish couples adapt their weddings to celebrate gender equality

Some of them had also designed their ceremonies to reflect feminism and marriage equality – something that the interfaith weddings had in common with many weddings where both members of the couple ...
Times Union

From the marriage contract to breaking the glass under the chuppah, many Jewish couples adapt their weddings to celebrate gender equality

Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) Traditional ...