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• Seattle couple gets married … and married … and married

  January 8, 2014 4:13pm

  To celebrate their nuptials, Dane Kuttler and Rowan Parker exchanged vows in 10 different ceremonies at 10 different venues on two coasts under nine different marriage canopies.

• For new dad, a stronger bond from a cut foreskin

  December 4, 2013 3:41pm

  Natan Zaidenweber thought the mohel was kidding when he asked him to perform the act of covenant himself.

• Families close the marriage deal with eight pushups

  October 31, 2013 4:56pm

  Reuben Meltzer and Thy Vy held traditional Jewish and Vietnamese wedding ceremonies.

• At 80, Holocaust survivor Ivan Gabor finally revels in his bar mitzvah

  October 2, 2013 2:36pm

  Throughout his life, the Transylvania-born survivor lamented he never had a bar mitzvah. With his wife’s help, he finally did.

• Red string under the huppah? Forget kabbalah, it’s a JewBu thing

  August 30, 2013 1:28pm

  William Rubenstein and Rachel Sam plan to raise their children as Jews, but wanted a wedding weekend that reflected both of their backgrounds.

• After settling late father’s affairs, woman moves on with trip to the mikvah

  August 23, 2013 10:35am

  When Susan Esther Barnes received a letter telling her that her duties as executor of her father’s will were completed, the Novato, Calif., resident decided she needed a religious way to mark the moment of transition.

• Summer lovin’ happened so slow, but ends in wedding at camp

  August 9, 2013 10:08am

  Barbi Paszternak-Szendy and Andras Paszternak took part in the first wedding held at Camp Szarvas in rural Hungary.

• Israeli mom’s search for a meaningful bat mitzvah leads back to Schenectady

  August 1, 2013 8:42pm

  In Zoe Coleman-Becker’s Tel Aviv circle of friends, bat mitzvah typically means a surfing party, overnight in the desert or a Japanese tea party. Zoe’s mom, Pamela Becker, wanted her daughter to have much more than that. She wanted a celebration that also was a meaningful Jewish experience.

• Berkeley farm hosts Jewish-Hindu wedding

  July 26, 2013 12:30am

  Micha’el and Aumatma BedarShah were married at Urban Adamah in a ceremony drawing on their respective traditions.

• Boy finds way to bar mitzvah with help of Simms Taback graphic books

  July 11, 2013 11:09am

  At 18 months old, Levi Davishoff first communicated with baby sign language as his mother read to him from “Joseph Had a Little Overcoat,” by Simms Taback. More than a decade later, the book played a central role in his bar mitzvah ceremony.