The chuppah, the traditional Jewish wedding canopy, is commonly thought to represent the home the bride and groom will create through their marriage. And in recent years, more and more couples are ...

A chuppah is used in many Jewish weddings, but how it's decorated can weave other cultures into the ceremony, too. Jason Finn/iStock via Getty Images Plus More than 10 years ago, I attended a college ...

From Reform to Orthodox, most Jewish weddings have three things in common: a chuppah (the canopy under which the couple stands during the ceremony), the glass breaking (mazel tov!) and the horah. All ...

The inaugural exhibit at the Jewish Theological Seminary’s new library challenges assumptions about the way Jewish weddings have “always” been done. But the inaugural exhibit at the newly opened ...

On a September afternoon, as the strains of Pachelbel’s Canon filled a flower-laden hotel ballroom, Melanie Lo and her father slowly proceeded past family and friends toward a huppah, the Jewish ...

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 ...

(CN) - A florist worker who fell off a ladder while taking apart a Jewish wedding canopy can collect damages for labor-law violations, a New York appeals court ruled. Atlas Florists had provided the ...

Leaders of the community hailed the wedding as a sign of the community’s resurgence and expressed hope that more young people would raise families there. (JTA) — For the first time in more than half a ...