IsraelIsraeli Chief Rabbinate caps ketubah sums after grooms made pledges without ‘ability to pay’Rabbi Kalman Meir Ber said overeager husbands promising ‘imaginary sums’ had undermined ‘the very halachic meaning of the document’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
ConversionI had the snip at the age of 36 so I could marry the love of my lifeComedian and former wrestler Max Olesker on why, despite his Jewish upbringing, he converted to Orthodox Judaism and had a date with a scalpelBy Simon Rocker7 min read
Jewish weddings‘My non-Jewish wife didn’t ‘get’ me but my new Jewish one does’Two newlyweds tell of their deep joy at marrying another Jew for the first time in middle age and of their first Rosh Hashanah as husband and wifeBy Jeremy Kareken5 min read
