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Dear Rabbi Paris and Reverend Kessler,
From the moment we met you we knew that our wedding ceremony would be special, but we did not anticipate how amazing the journey would be creating it with you. You exceeded our every expection not only in the beautiful, personal, spiritual ceremony you performed but also in the experience of getting to know you. Your support and guidance has helped us grow spiritually both as individuals and as a couple. Your love and respect for each other, and your advice on how to make an interfaith marriage and family thrive have been such an inspiration to us. You are two truly special people and we feel so blessed to have you in our lives.
Many of our family and friends have said ours was the best wedding ceremony they have ever witnessed.
Love,
Mara & Geoff
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"Before we started with the planning of our wedding, we didn't give much thought to the ceremony aspect...we figured we would get a justice of the peace or someone who would just take care of the legalities. Coming from different religions, we thought that maybe we would go that route so as not to foster any hard feelings towards our families. However, we thought about it again and decided that an interfaith minister or couple would only enhance our celebration. We came to Rev. Kessler and Rabbi Paris rather serendipitously, but it was beshert (meant to be...). In hindsight, we could not imagine our wedding without them-they gave us a ceremony that was personal, unique and honoring of both heritages. They took so much time to talk and meet with us and get to know us so that our marriage ceremony was real. Our Ketubah ceremony was emotional and honored our parents. They kept us in the moment and that made all the difference. We know that Rev. Kessler and Rabbi Paris didn't just marry us and perform the legalities. Rather, they looked out for us and let us know that when the wedding was over and married life began, they were still going to be there. And for that, we are so thankful!"
Sachiko and Adam,
08/2004 |
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"Words cannot begin to express how incredibly special and meaningful you made the most important day of our life. With patience, understanding and love, you seamlessly combined our faiths, personalities and hearts into a wedding ceremony that touched each and every person at our wedding. You taught both us and our families to always look to add to the richness of our lives by combining the special qualities of our respective faiths - "Never instead, always in addition." Thanks to you, our wedding day was a dream come true, filled with happiness, faith, laughter, and of course, love!"
Danielle and Bryan,
07/2004 |
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"Soon after the exciting day that Alon asked me to marry him, I began wondering what type of wedding ceremony would be possible between an Israeli and an American, living abroad in Spain, with our combination of Jewish and non-Jewish backgrounds. Upon the first correspondence with Rev. Enid Kessler and Rabbi Stuart Paris, it became abundantly clear to us that whatever barriers in our cultural differences we thought might pose challenges, would instead become blended by Enid and Stuart into a complementary expression of our love, traditions and values. Because of their professionalism, sincerity and dedication I had not only peace of mind when planning my wedding, but a joyful anticipation of what I knew would be, and was, the best day of our lives. I am still being told by our friends and family who came to Spain from all over the world, that our wedding was the most moving ceremony they had witnessed, and this is from people of different religions, different languages and different countries. I will always be grateful to Enid and Stuart for their guidance throughout the planning of the ceremony, and of course for officiating a ceremony that can only be described as otherworldly, because of how magical and beautiful it was. I cannot think of a better way to begin married life, than from the starting point of the wedding of your dreams."
Genevieve and Alon,
07/2004 |
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Debra and Richard,
06/2003 |
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