So how do an atheist and a Jew tie the knot anyway?
Leora and I have asked Debra Kassoff from Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead, Mass. to officiate. (Check out her photo on the left).
Leora and I have asked Debra Kassoff from Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead, Mass. to officiate. (Check out her photo on the left).
Our dear friend, Heather Ciras (of Ciras Photography...more plugs for Heather later on), told us that she had seen Debra perform an interfaith wedding and thought she'd be great to work with.
Leora and I met with Debra in early March and after some initial discussions, we've all agreed to move ahead and plan out this ceremony.
As some of you may know, it's tough to find a rabbi that will perform an interfaith ceremony. There are more rabbis out there who will perform a Jewish same-sex ceremony than rabbis who will agree to perform an interfaith marriage. And let's not get started about the potential difficulties in finding a rabbi to marry two women, one mostly secular, but deeply Jewish and another a militant agnostic ("I don't know and neither do you!": tip o' the nib to Robin Einzig).
Actually, there are a number of services that provide couples like us (well, similar to us) with a list of rabbis who will perform interfaith marriages. One of which, InterfaithFamily.com, provided a long list of rabbis in our area. Of course, some of those folks come with restrictions such as "won't co-officiate with pastor or minister"--um? no problem there, really.
But in the end, we didn't wind up meeting with any of the rabbis on the list we got from InterfaithFamily (Although, we did entertain the thought of contacting Rabbi Judy Epstein and her congregation Rainbow by the Sea).
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