More than 10 years ago, I attended a college friend’s wedding in New York City. My friend is Muslim, her husband Jewish. They were married under a Jewish wedding canopy made from the groom’s bar ...

Jewish ceremonies often take place under a canopy called the chuppah, which symbolizes the home that the couple create together. In a traditional Jewish wedding, the bride circles the groom three or ...

Noa Sasi (in red) with fellow students setting up the flowers for the Chuppah. Under the soft glow of string lights and the stone walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, a modest wedding transformed into a ...