Talking About Weeds

As the Weddings section of the NYTimes reports:-

Samantha Ann Gregory, the daughter of Jamee T. Gregory and Peter S. Gregory of New York, was married Friday evening to Roberto Jack Benabib, a son of Elias Benabib of Miami and the late Elyssa Benabib. Dr. David M. Posner, the senior rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in New York, officiated at the home of the bride’s parents.

No, I'm not complaining at a mixed-marriage.

It's the Friday night, aka Shabbat eve, that bothers me this time.

Of all days not to have a wedding, it's Shabbat.

Benabib, by the way, is an executive producer of “Weeds.”

Talk about weeds.

Together But Separate

What does a Jewish woman who spent "a year in a Torah-study program at the Hineni Heritage Center, which is led by the Orthodox theologian Esther Jungreis" do for a husband?

Find out here: A Difficult Journey of Devotion to One Faith and to a Spouse of Another Faith

Yes, you guessed. She's one of 1.25 million Americans in Jewish-Christian marriages, for whom the spring confluence of Easter and Passover presents a significant challenge.