on February 8th, 2011 | Wedding News
The wedding of Sarah Finkel and Shmulie Schochet went on as planned, outdoor chuppah and all, despite the massive storm that swallowed up the Chicago area last week. Their wedding, which took place on Wednesday February 2 in the Westin O’Hare, has become a local news item. Despite the fact that many of their close ones were prevented from coming to share in their wedding joy, their celebration was not hampered in the least. Some of the relatives were able to connect via live video streaming.
See more photos by Scott Strazzante of the Chicago Tribune on his blog.
on February 3rd, 2011 | Ideas and Inspirations
You can’t judge a book by its cover. And a wedding album is no different. But no one ever said that good things can’t come in beautiful packaging. There are some photographers who present their clients with an album in a box provided for them by the album making company, and some who put a bit more effort to make sure that their album creations feel like keepsake treasures in every way possible. Here is a sampling of appetizing packaging that caught our eyes.
Clayton Austin
…more on Clayton’s blog.
Amanda E. Photography
…more on Paperie Boutique.
on January 19th, 2011 | Wedding News
We have finally (thanks to our highly talented technical developer) made the great Jewish wedding directory that is ChossonKallah.com more accessible for our ever-increasing mobile users. Over the past two years, we have seen a steady rise in visitors from mobile device users, and finally reworked our wedding directory into a leaner and simpler version optimized for all those couples and families finding their wedding resources through the use of their handheld internet browsing devices. The Mobile (beta) version of our website is now officially live; although, there’s still plenty of tweaking that needs to be done.
To see the new Mobile version just go to ChossonKallah.com on your handheld device. You’ll see a much simplified version of our website, that I think you will like. It makes browsing the resources on our site even easier. The cool think about accessing ChossonKallah through your phone is that you can click any listing’s phone number – any photographer, hall, caterer, make-up artist, florist, or any other wedding professional that interests you – and your phone can just dial the number for you.
You can also see the ChossonKallah mobile at m.ChossonKallah.com.
You can help us test out the new, still fragile mobile version. If you get any errors, send us a note via our Contact Us page or comment here.
on January 13th, 2011 | Wedding News
This Motzei Shabbos and Sunday, Aristocratic Bride will hold a special bridal gowns showcase in the ballrom of the new Pointe Plaza Hotel. As a way to kick off the grand opening of their new location in Brooklyn, Aristocratic Bride will bring their entire collection of designer kallah gowns as well as their extensive line of moderately priced gowns ($850) to Brooklyn for this one time special showcase. Chavy Grunhut, founder of Aristocratic Bride, is known for her ability to ‘seamlessly’ build up wedding gowns. “It takes a bit of vision and imagination to build up a strapless and yet retain the gown’s style and feel,” says Chavi who in recent times has had increasingly more clients from the Brooklyn area. Aristocratic Bride carries such brand names as Elma Reis and Gilles Montezin Bridal known for their signature dress details like antique lace linings, intricate hand stitching, elaborate construction and lush fabrics.
For more information about this event please contact:
Chavy Grunhut: (845) 238-4030
Leah Kraus: (347) 351-6271
When:
Motzei Shabbos January 15th: 10 PM – 12 AM
Sunday January 16th: 11 AM – 10 PM
Where:
Pointe Plaza Hotel
2 Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn New York
on December 30th, 2010 | Wedding News
Source: VosIzNeias.com
Possibly the first Chasidic wedding in China since World War II took place today at the Marriot in Shanghai as a New York businessman married a Belgian employee of a high tech company.
Ari Lauber of Brooklyn’s Ner Mitzvah has been living in Shanghai for approximately seven years and is known for his tremendous hachnasas orchim, feeding guests, making cholent and helping travelers to the area as he manages Ner Mitzvah’s interests in China. Reizy Weingarten of Antwerp moved to Shanghai for business five years ago but it was a traveler from Boro Park who suggested what should have been the obvious shidduch to Lauber, saying “If the two of you are the only heimishe yidden who live here, maybe it is a basherte shidduch?”
And indeed it was. Approximately 150 guests from various locations including New York, Skver, Antwerp, Israel and England flew to China joining 200 members of the Shanghai community for this landmark event. The wedding was catered by R’ Shulem Greenberg of Chabad, with R’ Akiva Asher Padwa head of the London Beis Din and a frequent guest of Lauber’s serving as Mesader Kiddushin.
Entertainer Lipa Schmeltzer was flown to Shanghai for the wedding as a gesture of hakaras hatov by a group of businessman who have enjoyed Lauber’s hospitality over the years. Schmeltzer was one of only six people who managed to get onto a Continental flight out of Newark when his flight was cancelled due to the blizzard.
“A heimishe wedding in Shanghai. It is just gevaldik,” said Schmeltzer in an exclusive interview with VIN News. “They are the only heimishe people here besides the shluchim. They both had to move to China to find a shidduch.”
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