Everything Jewish Wedding

by Helen Latner

Book Overview

Offers advice on the engagement, ceremony, reception, and honeymoon. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558508015
• ISBN13: 9781558508019
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Everything
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.9" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

One positive view of this book

As a recent convert to judaism I was trying to plan a jewish wedding that would encompass all truly jewish rituals and ceremonies, appease all in law etiquette requirements and at the same time encorporate some things I was familiar with while not offending any jewish sensibilities. To help with this, this was a perfect addition to my resources. Trying to please the mother of my fiance who is very particular about etiquette while maintaining some sense of my own identity with the wedding was a challenge to say the least. This book helped by bringing in another perspective on all of the so called etiquette issues. No it is not a place for great details about the ceremony, for that I looked to Anita Diamantes - The New Jewish Wedding, but it did provide some insight on the head table, invitations and thank you cards which in my wedding became very important points for debate. While I do not think you will pick up this book and plan your wedding exactly by what it says, I do feel that it offers another perspective for anyone dealing with similar issues.

A nearly-complete guide to Jewish weddings.

This is an excellent all-around reference book. It covers both ritual and secular aspects of Jewish weddings without presupposing any knowledge of Jewish practices. It answered nearly all my questions in plain language. It is probably not thorough enough for Orthodox Jews, and it does not really address interfaith weddings (there are other relevant books). It is definitely worth the price. However, I am still looking for the wedding book that tells you when to sign the civil marriage license!