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
Egalitarian Tena’im
Written for two men; adaptable for any two partners
Intermarriage
A look at the sociological and demographic implications of intermarriage in the Jewish community along with things a prospective interfaith couple should know about Jewish attitudes, family, rabbinic officiation, the ceremony, negotiating the Jewish community after the wedding, and conversion
Brit Ger Toshav (Covenant of a Resident Stranger) and Brit Nisuin (Covenant of Marriage)
A certificate by which a non-Jew joins his/her fate to the Jewish people without formally converting and a marriage contract for a Jew and a ger toshav (resident stranger)
A Wedding Guide for a Traditional Feminist Wedding
Sue and Ben wrote a “verbose but helpful guide” to their wedding which is both traditional and egalitarian (incorporating both kiddushin and shutafut)
A Traditional Egalitarian Wedding Guide
An informative wedding booklet which walks the reader through all the traditional elements of a Jewish wedding ceremony
