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jewish

This is where Jewish wedding traditions meet offbeat tastes… we’ve got everything from geeky Jewish wedding ceremonies, to LGBTQ Jewish weddings, to interfaith weddings (Hin-Jew? Jew-Bu? We gotchoo!), all the way to eco chuppah ideas, and more…

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Valerie and Noam’s eco-friendly traditional Jewish wedding

Valerie and Noam wanted a traditional Jewish wedding that stayed true to their egalitarian, progressive, feminist, and planet-friendly values. With home-grown jade centerpieces, a blue wedding dress, a groom in an Indian sherwani, and a kosher, vegetarian meal, they created a wedding that reflected who they are and what they care about.

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Erika & Ben’s theatre performance wedding and cocktail party

Erika & Ben performed the story of their eight-year relationship on stage of their old high school auditorium which was concluded by their actual wedding ceremony.

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Rachel & David’s artsy retro picnic wedding

Although it unexpectedly rained on the day of Rachel & David’s wedding that didn’t stop them from having their picnic wedding. With a positive attitude and a surprise tent rental from friends the day turned out better than expected!

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Jill & Peter’s folk-band, vineyard, clambake wedding

Jill & Peter’s wedding plans went awry when it started raining, but they didn’t let that stop them from celebrating! They turned it around by squeezing all 100 guests into a one of the Vineyard’s tiny tasting rooms.

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Kristen & Charlie’s farmyard, bluegrass, eco, afternoon affair

On day four of farm week, we find ourselves headed to Siler City, North Carolina, where Charlie and Kristen had quite the afternoon affair at Celebrity Dairy Goat Farm. Their day was filled with lawn games, a petting zoo, a photo booth, and more!

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Karin & Travis’ DIY, Jewish wedding with Elvis

“Although I’m heavily tattooed, I wore a ridiculous traditional dress. My husband wore a hand-embroidered linen guayabera that we designed…”