Sarah Marybelle Weiss and Rachel Sietz are to be married Jan. 20 at the Temple Beth Sholom in Cherry Hill, N.J. Rabbi Micah Peltz is to perform the ceremony.
Ms. Sietz, 30, is a taxonomist for Sears Holdings Corporation in Chicago, where she works on the classification and organization of products in the digital marketplace for Sears and Kmart.com. She graduated from Smith College and received a master’s degree in library and information sciences from Simmons College.
She is the daughter of Gilah L. Sietz and Brian S. Sietz of Cherry Hill, N.J. Ms. Sietz’s father is a lead network engineer at ASRC Federal in Moorsetown, N.J. Her mother teaches Judaism to adults and high school students in South Jersey. The bride is the maternal granddaughter of the late Rabbi Albert Lewis, who served as the president of the Rabbinical Assembly from 1988 to 1990. Rabbi Lewis was also the subject of the book “Have a Little Faith” (2009) by Mitch Albom.
In July, Ms. Weiss, also 30, is to become an associate in the New York office of Evercore, an investment bank, where she will specialize in mergers and acquisitions. She is currently studying for an M.B.A. at the University of Chicago. She graduated from Columbia.
She is the daughter Janis G. Weiss of Woodland Hills, Calif. and the late John D. Weiss. Ms. Weiss’s father was an employment lawyer, mediator and arbitrator in private practice in Los Angeles. Her mother co-managed the real estate and investment portfolio of her late father.
The couple met in 2014, through a mutual friend in New York.
