Enrich your wedding with your own creative
use of Jewish ritual and tradition.
Wedding planning can be a stressful
experience. Keeping track of all the details—deciding who
to invite, choosing a caterer, arranging the
reception—can sometimes lead to a couple forgetting about
the bigger picture and the significance of this day in their
lives: A joyous occasion that should reflect not only your
personality, but your values, as well.
The Creative Jewish Wedding Book brings your complete wedding planning into
focus. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer helps you express your
individuality and spirituality on your wedding day. Whether
your plans are traditional or alternative, whether you are
planning your first or second marriage, she provides the tools
you need to look at and think about ritual and tradition in new
and innovative ways.
• Insights and reflections from a
broad range of couples who have created their own distinctive
weddings
• Practical hands-on techniques
and ideas for creating many of the ritual objects connected to
a Jewish wedding—from designing your own ketubah, to making
paper for invitations, to fashioning the chuppah
• How to express your spiritual
life and values through your ceremony
• An up-to-date guide to wedding
resources in the Jewish world
Inspiring and useful, The Creative Jewish Wedding Book can help you reclaim your wedding day from the
whirlwind of details and bring out the honesty and integrity
you desire in your wedding experience.
“Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer gets it! She
sensitively captures all the poetry, magic, and meaning of
Jewish marriage rites. At the same time, she guides us through
the anziety and agony of planning a wedding. A book I’ll
proudly share with brides and grooms (and in-laws) for years to
come.”
—Rabbi
Edward Feinstein (Conservative),
author of Tough Questions Jews Ask:
A Young Adult’s Guide to Building a Jewish Life
“An excellent guide for any Jewish
couple—religious, secular, or cultural— seeking to
create a unique and meaningful wedding.”
—Sheryl
Paul, author of The Conscious Bride’s Wedding Planner
“Courageous in its innovations while
at the same time deeply reverent of tradition, this guide leads
you through each step in planning a wedding with such spiritual
joy that it cannot help but spill over into the ceremony, the
celebration, and the marriage itself.”
—Rabbi
Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer
(Reconstructionist), author of Parenting
as a Spiritual Journey: Deepening Ordinary & Extraordinary
Events into Sacred Occasions
