Rose Dichter Schapiro and Thomas John Lewek were married Sept. 29 at the bride’s parents’ house in Philadelphia. They were wed under Pennsylvania’s self-uniting marriage statute; two friends, Alexander Preiss and Susannah Fishman, served as official witnesses.
The bride, who is 31 and works in New York, is a program officer at the Tiger Foundation, which works to break the cycle of poverty for low-income New Yorkers. She graduated with honors from the University of Chicago, and received both a master’s degree in teaching from Fordham, and a master’s degree in public administration from N.Y.U.
She is the daughter of Harriet Dichter and John H. Schapiro of Philadelphia. The bride’s father is a tax and estate planning partner at Kleinbard, a law firm in Philadelphia. Her mother is a Philadelphia-based consultant in early childhood education.
The groom, who is also 31 and works in New York, is the head of online production for the Modern Language Association, which works to strengthen the study and teaching of language and literature. He graduated magna cum laude from Hamilton College and received a master’s degree in digital humanities from the City University of New York.
He is a son of Mary Lewek and David Lewek of Walpole, Mass. The groom’s father is director of professional services at Gordian, a construction data and software company with offices in Rockland, Mass. His mother retired as the director of religious education at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in Hanson, Mass.
The couple met in 2013 through OkCupid.
