Stephanie Audrey Friedman and Stanley Gartshein were married Sept. 29 in East Brunswick, N.J. Rabbi Eric B. Wisnia officiated at the Park Chateau Estate, an events space.
Ms. Friedman, 27, is a member of a product operations team at Google, in Mountain View, Calif. She graduated summa cum laude from Cornell.
She is a daughter of Dr. Dena S. Friedman and Dr. Alan L. Friedman of Princeton, N.J. The bride’s father is an obstetrician-gynecologist in private practice in Plainsboro, N.J. Her mother is a psychiatrist in private practice in Princeton.
Mr. Gartshein, 30, is an investor associate in the private banking division, in Palo Alto, Calif., of JPMorgan Chase. He also graduated from Cornell and is a chartered financial analyst.
He is a son of Elen Gartshein and Dmitri Gartshein of Morris Plains, N.J. The groom’s mother is a senior project manager, in Peapack, N.J., in the global supply division of Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company. His father is a senior software programmer at Flexi-Van, a logistics company in Kenilworth, N.J.
The couple met in 2011 when Ms. Friedman’s sister, who was then working with Mr. Gartshein in New York, introduced them as they made their way to the Matzoball, a Christmas Eve event for Jewish singles. The two shared their first kiss that evening, and had their first date soon afterward.
