A Hertfordshire couple have married under a chupah — 61 years after their original civil wedding ceremony.
Jack and Mina Kossoff were married at The Liberal Synagogue Elstree, where children from the religion school made the decorations for the venue. The ceremony was arranged after Mrs Kossoff converted to Judaism. Although she had lived a Jewish life for seven decades, she had never formally joined the faith.
Elstree’s Rabbi Pete Tobias explained that Mr Kossoff, 83, had told him that his 90-year-old wife really wanted to be married under a chupah. “A quickly organised Liberal Judaism Beit Din at TLSE confirmed Mina’s status and they were married a few months later, on a Sunday morning, with the children of the religion school present. The children decorated the chupah and made cards and cakes for the happy couple.”
Mr Kossoff told the JC: “We had been thinking for a long time about how to renew our vows under a chupah in a synagogue.
