Wedding Nouveau Magazine: Free Spring Summer 2012 Issue 2012-04-10

Hot Wedding Trends for Intercultural Weddings

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10 Tips for Planning your Jewish Interfaith Wedding 2012-04-05

10 tips to planning your Jewish Interfaith wedding.

When bringing two individuals from two different backgrounds together to create a shared wedding ceremony, it does take a little more time to plan. Many coupes leave this task toward the end of the planning but we have found that the sooner you start to plan your ceremony, much of the stress and tension goes away almost immediately. Working with a ceremony coach can save time, reduce stress and help you create a deeply meaningful rite of passage. Yehudit Steinberg, wedding consultant and ceremony designer produced this slideshow. Enjoy! (more...)

Ceremony Design 2008-07-09

Studying Jewish rituals has led to an understanding of how tradition is passed from generation to generation. The ability to shift and change from one time period to the next is a key element in establishing cultural and religious longevity. This ability to reconstruct tradition anew with each generation has led the Jewish tribe to be one of the oldest living traditions on the planet today. There is much wisdom to be learned in the study of ancient rituals. The challenge becomes how do you reconstruct an ancient ritual and bring a fresh new approach. What do you change and what do you leave as it was? What is the criteria do we use when reconstructing ritual? (more...)

Ceremony Design 2011-11-06

Studying Jewish rituals has led to an understanding of how tradition is passed from generation to generation. The ability to shift and change from one time period to the next is a key element in establishing cultural and religious longevity. This ability to reconstruct tradition anew with each generation has led the Jewish tribe to be one of the oldest living traditions on the planet today. There is much wisdom to be learned in the study of ancient rituals. The challenge becomes how do you reconstruct an ancient ritual and bring a fresh new approach. What do you change and what do you leave as it was? What is the criteria do we use when reconstructing ritual? (more...)

My Jewish fiance has agreed to a Catholic Church wedding. 2011-11-08

"Will he have to become Catholic?”

No. The Catholic Church recognizes the natural right of adult persons to validly enter marriage. This recognition is not limited to Catholics or even to Christians.
The marriage of a Catholic to a person who is not baptized is known as a “disparity of cult,” a severe-sounding phrase with the good intention of reminding us that strongly held religious differences need to be discussed and given sufficient attention prior to marriage. These marriages require dispensation from the bishop. The ceremony can be short and can even serve as a vehicle for increased Jewish-Catholic understanding. An invitation could be offered for a Jewish family member to proclaim the first reading since it traditionally comes from the Hebrew scriptures. A rabbi can offer a blessing.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that religious differences don’t constitute “an insurmountable obstacle for marriage” if the engaged parties are respectful and open about the gifts and differences they have received from their respective religious communities. Essentially, the church challenges both partners to be conscious of their religious commitments and to express them to one another with integrity. The Catholic party is challenged to do all that is possible to baptize and raise children as Catholics.
Read full article on US Catholic website (more...)