A Spanish couple who built the first Jewish museum in Granada celebrated its opening day by being married there. Gabriel Perez and Beatriz Cavalier married earlier this month during the dedication ceremony of the Sephardic Museum of Granada, a small institution they established in the southern Spanish city after years of fundraising and lobbying. It is the city’s first Jewish museum, according to a report by the Spanish news agency EFE. The newlyweds--a historian and the daughter of a Jewish woman who fled …More

Welcome to the party! Pull up a chair, trade inappropriate jokes with your Uncle Shlomo, get the fish instead of the chicken you requested, and try to price the gaudy centerpieces. But don’t get comfortable, the gauntlet of every American Jewish celebration is approaching: “Hava Nagila.” This bar mitzvah and wedding staple has successfully crossed over from niche Jewish culture to mainstream kitsch in the decades it has held prominence. Linked with the hora, there is simply no more identifiable …More

Lise Stern, JNS.org Picture a wedding in an ancient Roman amphitheater on the shores of the Mediterranean. Or in the mystical city of Safed, the sun setting over the Galilean Hills. Or in the multi-level garden by the Tower of David in Jerusalem. All these are possible options for destination weddings in Israel, a growing industry. “It is estimated that there are over a thousand weddings annually of people from abroad coming to get married in Israel,” says Lian Matias, who operates the website …More

A Spanish political party reportedly has asked the regional government of Andalucia to authorize and encourage holding Jewish weddings in Cordoba’s historic synagogue. According to a report in Diario Cordoba, a local daily, the request came last month from the center-right PP group in the state parliament of Andalucia in southern Spain. It was meant to help the region “fulfill its touristic potential,” party spokesman Rosario Alarcon is quoted as saying. He added that the move would encourage a …More

If 2012 seemed like a good year for New York Knick Amar’e Stoudemire, 2013 appears to be even better. On December 12, the Jewish basketball player tied the knot with his long-time girlfriend and mother of his three children, Alexis. The couple was married in a private ceremony on the roof deck of their NYC apartment. And just yesterday, Stoudemire tweeted a link to his official website that he and his newlywed wife are expected their fourth child. The 30-year-old forward told People Magazine that they are …More

What? You weren’t invited to New York Knicks star Amar’e Stoudemire’s wedding on 12/12/12? Fret not, pretty much nobody else was either. Stoudemire did indeed marry longtime girlfriend Alexis Welch on the roofdeck of their New York City apartment on Wednesday. The couple, which already has three children together, decided to go small and go home; the intimate ceremony was attended by a mere 12 guests, in part to mark the historic 12/12/12 date in style. “They decided to do this because of …More

Last season's "Bachelorette," Ashley Hebert, and a Jewish construction manager from New York, J.P. Rosenbaum, were married in a Jewish wedding ceremony. The couple married under a chupah during an outdoor ceremony on Saturday in Pasadena, Calif., according to reports. ABC will air a two-hour wedding special on Dec. 16. The couple became engaged on the finale of the seventh season of "The Bachelorette" in August 2011. …More

Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell have sparked wedding rumors after reportedly procuring a marriage license. After spotting the couple at the Los Angeles County Recorders office on Tuesday, E! News reported the two had obtained a license to wed. The couple has not commented on the report. Wood and Bell previously dated before splitting in 2006, and rekindling their relationship in the summer of 2011. Speculation swirled that they had been married in secret earlier this year when they were spotted with wedding …More

Anne Hathaway has stated that she will give all of the money made from selling pictures of her nuptials to her favorite charities. After saying, “I do” to Adam Shulman last month, “The Dark Knight Rises” actress has sold several photos to select media outlets. Profits will go towards causes dear to Hathaway, including Freedom to Marry, which campaigns for gay couples to be allowed to wed across the United States. The actress has backed same-sex marriage legislation since revealing that …More

In her recent wedding to Adam Shulman, Anne Hathaway had both a priest and a rabbi officiate out of respect for the bride and groom’s religions. Hathaway, who was raised Catholic, married her Jewish boyfriend of four years in a private ceremony at a ranch overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur, California. A source tells People magazine, "It was a very soulful, romantic ceremony. You could tell they had put a lot of thought into making it their own." Wearing a custom Valentino dress with a pink-tinged …More

If you spotted a huppah somewhere off California’s Big Sur this weekend, there’s a very good chance Anne Hatahaway was under it. The actress and star of the upcoming “Les Miserables” married longtime boyfriend Adam Shulman on Sunday in a traditional Jewish wedding (of course, we use the term “traditional” in its possible loosest form, seeing that Hathaway is not Jewish). The 29-year-old Hathaway wore a custom, off-the-shoulder Valentino gown and vintage headband with a veil. …More

Looking for any news on Anne Hathaway’s impending nuptials, we now, finally, have something to write about. Despite being tight lipped about her upcoming marriage to Adam Shulman, it’s clear the wedding is not far off as designer Valentino Garavani reveals that he was the designer of the star’s wedding dress and that it is now complete. The fashion icon tells E! News, "She's a very good friend of mine... She's like my daughter,” but has refused to disclose any information on the …More