Weddings

Weddings resume in Gaza, although on smaller scale, due to post-war challenges

Since the destruction of roughly 93 percent of hotels and wedding halls, celebrations are now held at private homes or modest venues.

Palestinian couples attend a mass wedding in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip December 2, 2025.
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Woman claims her wedding was invalid for being in a synagogue

Due to the war, the couple had to tied the knot in a neighborhood synagogue, but now the wife claims the ceremony is invalid based on Ashkenazi customs.

 An illustrative image of a synagogue.

Lori Palatnik: Giving newlywed IDF soldiers hope and a home to return to

Our Jerusalemite of the Week, Lori Palatnik, has been helping newlywed IDF couples get wedding registries, making them feel part of a greater Jewish family.

 Lori Palatnik

NGOs team up to give IDF couples wedding registry gifts

For IDF couples who have been on the front lines, the idea of receiving gifts and well wishes from strangers around the world is surreal – and welcome.

 IDF reserve soldier gets married in Kiryat Shmona, near Lebanon border, Oct. 26 (Illustrative).

Bride's provocative wedding song leads to immediate divorce

Unheard of: Newlyweds split after bride dances to controversial song, causing family feud and immediate divorce.

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Model kicked out of friend's wedding for looking 'too good' in dress

A successful model's claim of being banned from her friend's wedding for looking too good in a dress sparks controversy and garners millions of views online.

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Mother accidentally sabotages son's romantic marriage proposal

A viral video shows the embarrassing moment when the groom's mother unintentionally steals the spotlight during a romantic marriage proposal in Italy.

 The marriage proposal went wrong because of the groom's mother

Paralympic athlete murders wife, relatives at wedding, commits suicide

Tragedy strikes Thailand: Former soldier and successful paralympic swimmer kills wife and three others at a wedding, leaving a nation searching for answers.

 The motive is unclear. Sooksuk

A wedding in the shadow of war


IDF soldier goes viral for singing at military wedding

Now serving in the reserves, Shlomo Lipman, a 26-year-old native of Beit Shemesh, married, and father of a two-year-old son, is using his musical talent to raise the morale of other soldiers.

 LIPMAN SPONTANEOUSLY grabs the mike at a tiny on-base wedding – and goes viral.

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