Traditional Jewish ceremonies, like Christian ones, marked a woman’s transition from daughter to wife − going from her ...

The most famous Jewish wedding tradition of all has been around since at least the 4th century CE. This sacred setting is where the iconic glass-breaking ritual occurs. Thoroughly wrapped up in ...

What happens before a Jewish wedding depends on how the couple define their Jewish identities, if at all. It depends on where ...

While a few, such as certain Amoraim and Natronoi Gaon, retained access, it became almost exclusive to non-Jewish royalty. The last known Jewish mention came from the Ramban in the 13th century ...

Her husband, my nephew-in-law, is a young British man of Indian descent, and a series of traditional Indian rituals took place at the house of the groom’s parents the day before the wedding.

The wedding of Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, and Alex Soros, the scion of a liberal philanthropic dynasty, drew a rare concentration of wealth and power.

Join Rabbi Shlomo Katz as he takes us on the 42 stop journey from Egypt to the Holy Land and shares the difference between journeying and walking, today on The Soul of Israel.

Each morning, Shelly Shem Tov would enter her son’s empty bedroom and recite Chapter 20 from the biblical Book of Psalms, an ancient plea for deliverance. All the while she was unaware that her ...

Modern values have transformed many Jewish couples’ weddings, just as they have transformed the Christian wedding. Some ...

The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia. Over the next several hundred years, marriage evolved into a widespread ...