This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Those of us who love Yiddish are often naturally drawn to objects of a previous era. No surprise, then, that many of us have boxes of old stuff stashed away in the attic or closet, related either to our own past or to that of a relative…
Speculation over who will design Meghan Markle’s wedding dress became even more frenetic when sketches for the gown made by Israeli bridal designer, Inbal Dror, were leaked this morning. Despite the claim that Dror was a viable option, there are conflicting reports about its veracity. TMZ said that Dror “confirmed Monday she was contacted by…
“When we meet him, how will we know he’s our bashert?” This was one of the questions I asked my teachers during my early teenage years. As an adolescent in a yeshiva high school, there was no topic more fascinating than bashert – the Jewish concept of soulmate. Though we students were from modern Orthodox…
It’s no surprise that Serena Williams, for her wedding in New Orleans to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian this past weekend, picked bridesmaid dresses from Israeli wedding designer, Galia Lahav. Galia Lahav is Israel’s premiere couture bridal designer. And for a wedding that was super exclusive and crowded with hordes of celebrities, including Kim Kardashian, Vogue…
Milo Yiannopoulos, the alt-right provocateur who rode President Trump’s coat-tails to prominence, wed an unidentified man in a Hawaii ceremony over the weekend. A post shared by MILO (@milo.yiannopoulos) on Sep 30, 2017 at 10:40pm PDT Yiannopoulos’ husband was identified only as “John,” in photos posted on social media – which showed the two in…
(JTA) — Gaby and Dan Rosehill wouldn’t let anything get in the way of their wedding day. Even if that thing was a bomb threat that forced all 218 guests to evacuate the hotel where the wedding was taking place. “I was just about to be named husband and wife when the alarm went off….
After a bomb threat nearly ruined one couple’s perfect wedding, their wedding planners salvaged it with a makeshift chuppah, reported the Jewish Chronicle. Dan and Gaby Rosehill were moments from being named husband and wife by their rabbi at the picturesque Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. Just after the ritual sheva brachot, staff from the…
Like raaaaaaain on your wedding day, postponing the happiest day of your life to make other people happy is a little bit ironic. But it didn’t feel that way to Dayna Skolkin and Josh Tillis, a Jewish couple who chose to serve the food from their rained-out Houston wedding to people who were affected by…
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