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Leah Hochbaum

Leah Hochbaum

Cute, menschy boy bands make traditional tunes cool

n June 2005, the Backstreet Boys released \”Never Gone,\” an album filled not with the teeth-rotting pop confections of the group\’s youth, but with songs of a more adult contemporary style.The album\’s relative failure marked a turning point in mainstream music — Backstreet wasn\’t selling, *NSYNC had disbanded and nobody ever really cared what happened to 98 Degrees. The era of the boy band was officially over. In the pop world, that is. In the Orthodox world, it had only just begun.

Tying the Knot While Rolling the Dice

Between the drinking, the gambling and the legalized prostitution, Las Vegas just might be the most romantic spot on the planet for the biggest drunken gamble of them all: marriage. But while making your inebriated way down the aisle in this marriage mecca is as easy as pie for the average citizen, you have to look a little harder for the perfect wedding package if you\’re one of the tribe.

Because while that bright-light city might set your soul on fire, it sure doesn\’t make it easy to rustle up a rabbi on a moment\’s notice. They tend not to cruise the strip. Slowly but surely, however, area hotels and chapels are breaking into the Jewish nuptials game.

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