(J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — For Lyssa Jaye, throwing the wood chips into the Tuolumne River felt in many ways familiar to the tashlich ritual performed on Rosh Hashanah. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A chuppah is used in many Jewish weddings, but how it's decorated can weave other cultures into the ceremony, too. Jason ...

(The Conversation) — Anita Diamant, the prolific writer and Jewish feminist activist, begins her book “The Jewish Wedding Now” with a simple statement: “According to Jewish law, the requirements for a ...

"He did not feel pain. He was just excited to be married. He did not even realize what was going on," the man's wife said Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Multicultural weddings are a beautiful testament to a couple’s — and their families’ — dedication to each other. It’s a blending of old and new traditions, a willingness to compromise, and a coming ...

While reality TV junkies don’t usually look to their favorite shows as shining beacons of cultural representation, this season of Netflix's hit series, Love Is Blind, is offering a different ...

(The Conversation) — A Catholic friar under the chuppah? A bride in henna and a groom in a kippah? Many Jewish interfaith couples find ways to honor both of their faiths. (The Conversation) — More ...

“One person ‘tashliched’ their wedding ring into the river,” Rabbi Deborah Newbrun recalled about the first “Divorce & Discovery: A Jewish Healing Retreat.” (J. The Jewish News of Northern California ...

Samira Mehta receives funding from the Henry Luce Foundation for a research initiative called Jews of Color: Histories and Futures. More than 10 years ago, I attended a college friend’s wedding in New ...