Not your Bubbe’s wedding officiant
I am passionate about working with couples to create contemporary, egalitarian, and non-denominational or interfaith wedding ceremonies. These ceremonies are based on the ancient Jewish marriage traditions, but they are modern and unique to the personalities and beliefs of the couple. Together we will work to create a ceremony that feels authentic to you as a couple, including your heritage, passions, and beliefs. I’m based in Seattle, WA but contact me for travel options.
Testimonials
“Sara brought her ability to connect people, feelings and the Jewish experience to the wedding planning process. She met with us three times to tailor the ceremony uniquely to us. We were able to discuss what aspects of the ceremony we wanted to be traditional and what parts weren’t a fit for us. She was able to provide history and insight into what the different parts of a Jewish wedding meant and was easily able to adapt them to our vision of a Jew-ish wedding ceremony. My Israeli father in law said it was one of the best Jewish Wedding Ceremonies he has ever been too, so you know it was good.
Honestly, Sara is meant to do this. Her passion and love for weddings and all things Jewish are evident when you meet her and her ability to combine these things for interfaith couples is really a gift.”
“Working with Sara to officiate our wedding was one of the best decisions we made in the wedding planning process. Sara recognized that I’m more of a bagel and lox jew, and she knew just the right amount of Judaism to weave into the ceremony to keep our families happy and not make me feel like I was at a religious event. Sara was funny, engaging and warm and really personalized the ceremony to my wife and I - including the length of the ceremony (short in our case!) and what traditions to include and exclude. After the ceremony, so many of our friends came up to us and noted what a great job Sara did with the ceremony - she was a big hit! I would highly recommend Sara to anyone as she is a great officiant that made our wedding ceremony memorable.”
“Sara was amazing to work with, from the first meeting through our wedding weekend. She is thoughtful, flexible, and was deeply invested in ensuring that both of our personalities were reflected in the wedding ceremony. Sara also went out of her way to get to know us, so by the day of our wedding, it felt like an old friend was officiating the ceremony. We can’t recommend her highly enough!”
“I was privileged to see Sara as the officiant for my close friend’s wedding. Sara is a brilliant communicator. She has a unique ability of being able to captivate the audience, while simultaneously creating a space and an experience that feels intimate and personal. She captured the spirit of my friend and her husband beautifully and I thought the ceremony felt so meaningful and warm!”
“Sara did an excellent job officiating our wedding this summer. My wife and I are not particularly religious and I appreciated how Sara sat down with us and listened to our preferences for how we saw our ceremony going, including things we absolutely did not want as part of the event. She was able to prompt us so we weren’t starting from scratch but engaged in a healthy discussion of how the day of would go. I couldn’t have been happier with the end result, it felt perfectly tailored to us as a couple and was exactly what we had in mind. I would absolutely recommend her services to another happy couple!”