Remaking Jewish Weddings: Judaism Unbound Episode 354 - Jen Gubitz
Jen Gubitz is the founder and executive director of Modern JewISH Couples -- an organization that supports committed couples on the pathway to partnership, marriage, and beyond. She joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation about Jewish weddings that asks a number of questions. What typically happens, and what should happen, before the wedding day? Why is it not only okay, but wonderful, when non-clergy officiate Jewish weddings? What transformation does the ritual of a wedding ceremony effect, in 2022, when many traditional understandings of what a wedding “does” no longer resonate?
[2] Check out our other upcoming mini-courses in the UnYeshiva by heading to www.judaismunbound.com/classes. One that may be of particular interest to interfaith families is Beyond the December Dilemma: Christmas, Hanukkah, and Multi-Religious Life, taught by Samira Mehta.
[3] Learn more about Jen Gubitz’s organization, Modern JewISH Couples, by heading to ModernJewishCouples.com, and learn more about Jen Gubitz herself via this link (for her bio, scroll to the bottom of the page).
[4] Gubitz is our comrade in the Jewish podcasting world! Check out her podcast, OMFG: Jewish Wisdom for Unprecedented Times, at OMFGPodcast.com.
[5] Have you heard whispers about how you can get ordained as a minister online, and legally preside over wedding ceremonies (in most states)? It’s not just a rumor! Click here to do so yourself, through the Universal Life Church, a “non-denominational religious organization with millions of members, all around the world.”
[6] Dan mentions an article by his daughter, about her worries that she might “invalidate” her bat mitzvah. Read the full piece, published by the Jewish Women’s Archive and entitled “Weaving My Asymmetrical Jewish Identity,” by clicking here.
