{Real Jewish Weddings} Guerneville, CA

From the Bride: Jay and I met at a comic book store. We wanted this common passion of ours to be the theme for our celebration, but we wanted it to be classy and somewhat subtle. We love Batman and one of his main villains, Poison Ivy, who manipulates plant life, became our floral inspiration. We wanted it to look as if she had taken over our wedding. Our venue was so beautiful that we didn’t want to compete with the natural beauty so we decided to just go with it as much as possible.

I was born in Israel and grew up in a Jewish home and that part of my identity was very important to me, but even within my heart I wasn’t exactly clear about how to incorporate it into our wedding. Jay wasn’t raised religious, but enjoys my family’s traditions and even visited me in Israel while I was getting my MA there. But when you break it down, our parents have the same core values about family, love, and the basic humanist golden rule. When we realized that we actually probably have more in common than not and went soul-searching to discover what we really wanted to express in the public manifestation of our love, we ended up having a somewhat traditional Jewish Wedding. We chose the symbolic gestures and tradition that we could identify with, such as having a chuppa and breaking the glass, and had the privilege of working with an amazing rabbi and his wife. They helped us modernize some of the traditional text and highlight the things that were important, meaningful, and relevant to us.

Mazel tov, Miriam and Jay!

Northern California Jewish Weddings