Alix Wall

Obituaries

Rabbi Burt Jacobson, social activist and founder of Bay Area Renewal synagogue, dies at 87

By Alix Wall July 2, 2024

Obituaries

Ben Stern, Holocaust survivor who stood up to neo-Nazis in Skokie, dies at 102

By Alix Wall March 5, 2024

Mazels

This Jewish couple ended their three-country wedding tour with a colorful Oaxacan ceremony

By Alix Wall April 21, 2023

Mazels

This young American couple had Scotland’s first-ever queer Jewish wedding

By Alix Wall January 20, 2023

Mazels

Ugly Hanukkah sweaters brought this Washington power couple together

By Alix Wall December 16, 2022

Mazels

A first kiss, then marriage: Two rabbis-to-be tie the knot at a fun-filled California wedding

By Alix Wall November 18, 2022

Religion

Jewish marriage rites are robust. Now a rabbi is innovating rituals for Jews who divorce.

By Alix Wall November 11, 2022

Mazels

When the Torah cycle ended, their Russian-American romance began

By Alix Wall October 14, 2022

Mazels

Their wilderness-inspired Jewish wedding featured an animal-skin ketubah and ‘first fruits’ altar

By Alix Wall August 5, 2022

Mazels

Two rabbis, from two different denominations, get a second chance at love

By Alix Wall June 17, 2022