>"A senator came to Israel as part of a mission to learn more about the country and the issues," recalled Herta Amir at a ceremony for the Israel Museum\’s honorary fellows on June 7. "This senator told me that finally she came to the Shrine of the Book.
It was a hot and sunny June afternoon, just hours before Julie Davine\’s meticulously planned 1991 wedding at the Hotel Sofitel. The huppah stood festooned in tulle with pink and white roses for the evening ceremony. Upstairs, the tuxedoed and gowned wedding party posed for photographs on the balcony of the penthouse bridal suite. Suddenly, Julie said she saw a cloud of black smoke. \”I said, \’What\’s that smoke?\’ But everyone said I was being neurotic, so I dismissed it,\” she said.
The wedding was beautiful. Everything went off without a hitch. Now it\’s time for the farewell finale — the \”Goodbye, it\’s been great to see you, thanks so much for coming\” Sunday brunch.
Your mishpacha may have traveled from around the world to attend this wedding, and because it\’s rare that they\’re gathered all together for the entire weekend, it\’s your pleasure to send them off well fed.
Vicki Hulbert wants to change kosher weddings: She would like people to start thinking about wedding cakes a little more seriously.
A round, three-tiered white cake topped with white buttercream frosting is so yesterday. This year\’s big wedding trend is the trendy wedding cake.
Modern brides are tossing out tradition along with their bouquets and matching their cake to their character. They\’re designing desserts in every color, shape, texture and size.
U.S. Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) doesn\’t need to represent a state with a lot of Jews to understand the needs of the Jewish community, supporters say.
\”In a lot of ways, John Edwards transcends North Carolina,\” said Lonnie Kaplan, a former president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), who backed Edwards when he sought the Democratic nomination for president earlier this year.
U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who defeated Edwards to become the presumptive Democratic nominee for president earlier this year, named the trial lawyer-turned-legislator as his running mate Tuesday.
He\’s not your typical yenta, he\’s not JDate and he\’s certainly not your grandmother\’s cousin once removed, but Asher Aramnia loves making love connections for local Jewish singles.\n\nWith countless successful matches to his credit, Aramnia\’s matchmaking activities through the Iranian Jewish Chronicle (Chashm Andaaz) magazine, which is operated by the Eretz-SIAMAK Cultural Center in Tarzana, has become something of a unique surprise in the local Jewish community, where women traditionally help Jewish singles find their soulmates.
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