But, as the Yiddish phrase says, Der mentsh trakht un Got lakht: Man plans and God laughs.

Sign up for Forwarding the News, the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. On their 31st wedding ...

When Sherry Ostroff asks her husband to do a particularly loathsome chore, he has a ready-made excuse. “That’s not in the ketubah.” Like other Jewish couples, the Ostroffs, of Manheim Township, signed ...

For many brides and grooms, the ketubah signing that precedes the veiled walk down the aisle has a bit of mystery about it. They may not be sure exactly what the ancient Aramaic text says, but the ...

The ketubah has always been an integral part of a Jewish wedding. The marriage contract details the husband’s obligation to his wife and is designed to protect her if they get divorced or he dies.

(JTA) — Julie Plaut Warwick and Ben Schreiber faced the same dilemma as many other couples planning a wedding during the pandemic: How to create a feeling of togetherness when guests may not feel safe ...

Ketubahs or Jewish marriage contracts can be found at nearly every Jewish wedding ceremony as they are among the standard, just like the chuppah and the glass cup broken at the end of the ceremony. To ...

Invited guests were instructed to write down their blessings for the couple. A wedding co-officiant then collected the blessings and hung them from the poles of the huppah. Julie Plaut Warwick and Ben ...

"It was fun to do," the celebrity jeweler tells PEOPLE exclusively of his new Neil Lane Ketubah designs Neil Lane loves to find the deeper purpose in everything that he puts his name on. "Everything ...

This is an adaptation of our editor-in-chief’s weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox on Friday afternoons. On their 31st wedding anniversary this month, Dave and Jen Miner ...