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By Danielle Berrin
Published on September 28, 2008

Finding their way home to Judaism: three same-sex couples share their conversion stories

By Nick Street
Published on October 12, 2006

Spiritual decision-making is also frequently a factor in the calculus of gay life. In fact, finding a religious tradition that affirms gay experience and offers the support of a vibrant community can be one of the most important aspects of self-realization for gay men and lesbians -- especially for people who see being in a committed relationship as a natural extension of their spiritual lives.

Love ‘n’ Bloomers

By Jewish Journal Staff
Published on January 5, 2006

Israel's Maariv newspaper reports that authorities have collected around 400 pairs of knickers and bras from the grilles of the tomb's window and on nearby trees.

Get Married Without Disowning Your Mom

By Carin Davis
Published on November 10, 2005

Many a wedding have lead to knockout, throw-down arguments between mother and daughter. Should it be black tie or California casual? Meat or fish? DJ or band? Should there be fewer guests at a lavish wedding or more guests at a bare-bones one? And why should cousin Sally, who the bride hasn't seen since her sweet 16, get an invite over a co-worker?

Will She Marry Him?

By Seth Menachem
Published on May 19, 2005

"You guys know I love Carrie very much, and I'm going to ask her to marry me. I'd like to get your blessing."

Change of Heart

By Seth Menachem
Published on May 5, 2005

It was only last October when I penned the column, "No Rush," for this paper, arguing against marriage.

Twisted Spinster

By Teresa Strasser
Published on February 24, 2005

My friend has a red velveteen frog that lives on the arm of her red velvet sofa. Her living room has become the gathering place for our little group, five of us, all single.

Have a Holly Jolly Schmooz-fest

By Keren Engelberg
Published on December 18, 2003

Chinese-food-and-a-movie faces strong competition in our city once again this year.

A Match Made in Cyberspace

By Keren Engelberg
Published on July 10, 2003

"Sometimes fate takes too long." So reads the tagline on the home page for matchmaker.com, an Internet personals site.

Love and Loyalty

By Lia del Sesto
Published on May 22, 2003

We would always say that we were the ambassadors of love and happiness, causing people to smile as they passed by us, the chemistry almost touchable.

The Rebbetzin Will Keep Her Name

By Viva Hammer
Published on August 8, 2002

One of the great debates after I became engaged to a rabbi was how I would be addressed by my husband's congregation. I

White Wedding

By Ruth E. Gruber
Published on August 23, 2001

The Riemer family is something of a rarity in the Jewish world of post-Communist Central Europe.

Not only are Daniel Riemer and his wife Magda both Jewish, but both of their 20-something daughters, Zuzana and Sandra, have found Jewish men to marry.

This is no easy feat in a part of the world where intermarriage is the norm and where tiny, far-flung Jewish communities still suffer the effects of the Holocaust and Communist-era repression.

The Rebbetzin

By Orit Arfa
Published on June 21, 2001

Didi Carr Reuben was not keen about the idea of dating a rabbi, and on her first official date with Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, she was desperate for a way to get out of it.

"He's a cute guy, but I couldn't see cuteness," says Didi in her husky voice and Bronx accent. "All I [imagined] was a guy who was 98, 3 feet 2 inches, with a white beard, smelly; three teeth, davening in another language."

Little did this aspiring pop star know that two years later she would marry the rabbi, and eventually serve by his side as a rebbetzin of Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades for more than 15 years.

Satan in the Shtetl

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on March 8, 2001

"Great-grandma was a naughty girl," says British filmmaker Ben Hopkins, whose feature debut, "Simon Magus," is the tale of a Polish shtetl in peril.