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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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Emily & Geoff’s Jewish Rockabilly Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Emily, Web Master/Science writer (and Tribesmaid Ellamie) Her Offbeat Partner: Geoff, Teacher/Poet Location & date of wedding: Valley Beth Shalom Temple, Encino, CA (I had my baby naming, my bat mitzvah and went to elementary school here) — May 25, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: First of all, we skipped most […]

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Lea & Mike’s big laid-back Jewish/Lutheran budget wedding

The offbeat bride: Lea, Artist Her offbeat partner: Mike, Structural Engineer Location & date of wedding: Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in Chicago, IL on May 23rd, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: A friend of ours, a wonderful fantasy writer, officiated with an incredible speech (which can be found here). Mike’s family is […]

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Laurie’s Big Fat Geek Wedding!

The offbeat bride: Laurie, Admin. Asst. My offbeat groom: Santiago, Quality Control Engineer Location & date of wedding: April 1, 2007. Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, MA for ceremony / Springstep dance & arts complex in Medford, MA for reception What made our wedding offbeat: We had a very DIY wedding, with tons of […]