Ruchika Budhraja and Drew John Hodel were married Jan. 19 at the Ritz Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, Calif. Sujata Seth, the bride’s aunt and a Universal Life minister, officiated. Ms. Budhraja, 38, is a policy communications manager at Facebook in Menlo Park, Calif. She graduated from Yale. She is a daughter of Dr.…
Mollie Rose Vandor and Benjamin Laurence Forer were married Jan. 18 at the Brooklyn Winery. Cantor Laura Stein officiated. Mrs. Forer, 33, is the audience product director at The New York Times, where she leads the product team responsible for reaching new readers across various search and social platforms. She graduated from University of California,…
Emily Alice Kaplan and David Zvi Rosenberg are to be married Jan. 19 at 99 Scott, an events space in Brooklyn. Rabbi Robert N. Levine is to officiate and lead the ceremony with Rabbi Dr. Reuven Leigh. Ms. Kaplan, 32, is a vice president and a specialist in the postwar and contemporary art department at…
BEIJING — The Chinese authorities on Sunday said that 17 more people had been infected with a mysterious new virus, adding to concerns about the spread of the illness ahead of China’s busiest travel season. The health commission in Wuhan, a central city, said in a statement that the infected people began showing symptoms of…
Americans are watching an impeachment trial against their president unfold, just as the country prepares for the Democratic primaries and caucuses. We’re living in an era of heightened politics and divisiveness, and, for many, where you stand politically can feel as important a part of your identity as your religion or profession. Enter dating apps.…
It would be his last slice of cheesy pizza, so he ate three on New Year’s Eve. The next morning, Danny Swift, 25, a data scientist who lives in Manhattan, woke up hung over but determined to go vegan. “I was starting to feel like a hypocrite for being a vegetarian for ethical reasons, but…
A group of researchers has brought the idea of food as a medicine one step closer. They have identified certain common foodstuffs that alter our microbiome. In science today, food and gut bacteria are two topics that are guaranteed to fuel interest and debate. Both, of course, are interrelated, and a new study focuses on…
Kate Hannah Henjum and Bill Gephart Jaffee were married Jan. 18 at the Minikahda Club in Minneapolis. Kate White, an aunt of the groom who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. The bride, who is 24 and taking her husband’s name, is a program manager for the energy and environment program at…
Rebecca Rose Nelson and Stanley Justin Kay were married Jan. 18 at the Addison in Boca Raton, Fla. Rabbi David Englander officiated. The bride, 28, is a freelance writer in New York and has written for The Washington Post magazine, Elle, GQ and other publications. She graduated from Northwestern. She is the daughter of Janice…
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