Lily Brynes, Samson Walla

Lily Sarah Brynes and Samson Travis Walla were married June 22 at Troutbeck, an events space in Amenia, N.Y. Victor F. Imbimbo, who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion and is the groom’s stepfather, officiated, incorporating Jewish traditions. The couple each graduated from George Washington University, he summa cum laude. Mrs. Walla, 28,…

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Marissa Krupen, Daniel Shlomi

Marissa Gabrielle Krupen and Daniel Shlomi are to be married June 23 at the Langham Huntington hotel in Pasadena. Rabbi Stephen W. Goodman is to officiate. Ms. Krupen, 31, will take her husband’s name. She is an associate producer in marketing services at Technicolor, a provider of production, postproduction, and distribution services for the entertainment…

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The Jewish Prenuptial Gets an Artsy Update

In a Jewish marriage, the modern-day ketubah, a prenuptial agreement, is standard and unorthodox. The traditional ketubah outlined the responsibilities within a couple’s union. It was typically written in Aramaic, signed by two witnesses and geared toward Jewish heterosexual couples. But the document has evolved, just like the idea of marriage. “The ketubah in its…

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Thank Heaven for Charo

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Maria Rosario Pilar Lorenza Emilia Eugenia Martinez Molina Baeza De La Osa Rasten — you know her as Charo — was walking through her home looking for her husband, singing, “Good morning, good morning,” when she found him. He had shot himself. Kjell Rasten was 78 when he died in February.…

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