Jeanne Esther Leitenberg and Jordan Isaac Newman were married Feb. 23 at Liberty House, a restaurant and events space in Jersey City. Rabbi Inna Serebro-Litvak officiated.
The bride, 35, is a television screenwriter in Los Angeles. Her credits include the CW’s “Gossip Girl” and ABC Family’s “Chasing Life.” She graduated from Emerson College in Boston.
She is a daughter of Marion M. Orr and Jack M. Leitenberg of New City, N.Y. The bride’s father is a New York-based manager for the musicians Lionel Loueke, Butcher Brown and Grégoire Maret. Her mother, who is retired, managed the career of the jazz artist Bob James and his record company, Tappan Zee Records.
The groom, 34, works in Los Angeles as a digital strategist for political campaigns. He currently serves as a digital director at Leadership for Educational Equity, an organization that helps elect teachers to public office. He graduated from Boston University.
He is the son of Mara H. Newman and Jeffrey D. Newman of Randolph, N.J. The groom’s mother retired as an outpatient dietitian at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, N.J. His father, also retired, worked as a principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York, and currently serves as president of Temple Shalom in Succasunna, N.J.
The couple met in October 2016 through the dating app Bumble.
