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Making It Official

Huppah Dreams

by
Marc Tracy
June 06, 2011
Larry Slater and Jeremy Erdreich.(NYT)
Larry Slater and Jeremy Erdreich.(NYT)

Each Monday, we choose the most interestingly Jewish announcement from that Sunday’s New York Times Weddings/Celebrations section. While there were several good candidates this week, it has not been lost on us that Huppah Dreams has yet to highlight a same-sex marriage, and we are glad that ends today. The nuptials of Alabamans Larry Slater and Jeremy Erdreich—they were already legally married, while a religious ceremony is next weekend—will in the end be recognized by both religious and legal authorities: They were married in Massachusetts, one of the five states that fully recognize same-sex marriages; and their religious ceremony will be at Birmingham’s Temple Emanu-El, a Reform shul and therefore one that, under Reform doctrine, also recognizes same-sex marriages. No Univeral Life whatever required. Mazel tov to the happy couple!

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.