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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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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…”

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Sarah & Justin’s geek-chic, backyard fiesta

We’re doing a week of geek weddings on Offbeat Bride! I’ve been waiting for an excuse to do this and I think the countdown to the Offbeat Bride book re-release party is a great reason! So we’re kicking off “geek week” with Sarah and Justin’s geek-chic wedding, coincidentally right around the time of their first […]

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Marylyle & Jordan’s Sephardic, Celtic, Balkan bash

The offbeat bride: Marylyle, Librarian (and OBT member) Her offbeat partner: Jordan, Computer Programmer Location & date of wedding: The garden outside UVA Alumni Hall in Charlottesville, VA. — 08/16/2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Jordan is a Sephardic Jew and I am Unitarian. It meant a lot that both of us and our traditions […]