New Twists on Tying the Knot
Three innovative and creative wedding practices, including a two-act play as wedding ceremony
Creating New Lifecycle Rituals
This article articulates principles of Jewish ritual as the author uses them to create a same-sex Jewish wedding
B’rit Ahuvim: Lovers’ Covenant
An alternative to the ketubah which explicitly rejects the language of kinyan (acquisition) in favor of the mutual language of covenant
Lesbian Wedding
A couple’s first-person account of the process of creating their wedding ceremony
A Blessing for Two Women on the Occasion of their Wedding
A blessing to be read to two women under their huppah
A Traditional Lesbian Wedding
Kathy, Joyce, and their rabbi found innovative ways to rework the traditional wedding ceremony to suit their needs as two women
Nissuin (Nuptials)
The text of the sheva brakhot in Hebrew and translation, an explantion, feminist considerations, two alternative same-sex texts, and an additional prayer for heterosexual couples to add for same-sex partners whose love is not yet sanctified and recognized in the same way
A Lesbian Havdalah Wedding
This beautiful Covenant of Love ceremony begins with havdalah and is filled with personal expressions of love and well-chosen readings. This ceremony is both a good example of how a lesbian couple reckoned with tradition and also how to make a ceremony extremely personal.
Harei Ani: Vows
A new legal formulation for kinyan as acceptance, rather than purchase
Sheva Brakhot for Two Men
Seven wedding blessings adapted for two men
