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Home > Real Jewish Brides: Alexandra on Ceremony Plans

Real Jewish Brides: Alexandra on Ceremony Plans

15/10/2020 by Smashing The Glass

Alexandra will be marrying Ian in May 2022 at La Corte Dei Messapi in Ostuni, Puglia, Italy. Click here to read all Alexandra’s planning posts to date.

THREE FACTS: THREE FACTS: (1) Alexandra and Ian are planning an intimate black-tie destination wedding for 60 of their nearest and dearest in Puglia, Italy. (2) Alexandra is Jewish, and Ian is in the process of converting to Judaism. (3) Alexandra is a member of Smashing The Glass’s Brides Club!

Planning a wedding is never easy even in the best of times let alone during a pandemic! As you might know we had to reschedule our May, 10th, 2020 wedding. We are now planning for May 2022. This shift has made us rethink when we would get civilly married. Originally our plan was to do it ourselves shortly before we went to Italy for the wedding. Now that our wedding has been moved we want to do a small civil ceremony with our families. We are now left with some questions about what we want the ceremony to look like and when we should have the event. 

Alexandra-and-Ian

One of the big questions that we’ve been asking ourselves is whether we want to have the full Jewish wedding at the minimony. We have a ketubah that is waiting for us to choose a new date but which one to choose? I’m so excited about the ceremony that we have been planning for over a year. We wanted to share our simcha with our big wedding guests. Also doing two Jewish ceremonies to us seemed performative. We want our guests at our main wedding to see what we believe is the most important part of the wedding. 
Alexandra-and-Ian
Another thing we have been grappling with is where to have the minimony. We live in New York so it makes sense on some level to have the minimony in the city. Originally we were going to get married at city hall but we want something more special that our immediate families can attend. We have been really inspired by all of the beautiful minimonies we have seen on Smashing the Glass. We look forward to creating our minimony. My aunt graciously offered to let us have the ceremony at her house in Connecticut which seems like the perfect option. Her house is beautiful and we have many fond memories there. 
 
We still don’t know exactly when we will be having our ceremony. When I think of our wedding I think of the spring which is especially beautiful in the country. One issue that we are confronting is that our parents both live in states where they would have to quarantine when they enter the state. We want to have our wedding when this is not an issue. It’s so hard to plan for the future now so we are taking things day by day. 

Alexandra-and-Ian


Click here to read all Alexandra’s planning posts to date.


Alexandra and Ian’s Wedding Vendors booked so far:

Venue – La Corte Dei Messapi


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Filed Under: Real blogging brides Tagged With: Real Jewish Bride, Alexandra Ian, coronavirus, covid19, wedding postponement

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