Cantor Ellie Shaffer understands... and in doing so creates a truly meaningful Interfaith wedding ceremony. By combining Jewish elements in text and song with the loveliest parts of your future spouse's tradition, Cantor Ellie's gentle warmth and kind humor ensure that your ceremony will be a source of joy and a magical memory to treasure in the years to come.
When performing inter-religious Rites of Marriage in compliance with the laws of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, Cantor Ellie provides the skilled vehicle by which couples of Jewish and Christian faiths can come together in a moving and highly personal public declaration of love.
Bringing Your Families Together
This is an imperfect world we live in, different from a fairy tale world, where no problems and only happy endings exist. Many families have a very difficult time when their child chooses a spouse who is not of the same religious affiliation. Because a successful marriage involves not just the merging of two people's lives into one but also the merging of their respective families, sometimes a special sensitivity is needed. Cantor Ellie reaches out with that sensitivity, not just to bride and groom, but to siblings, parents, relatives, and friends as well, with an awareness of their feelings heightened by long years working in this field of expertise.
An Ecumenical Wedding Before A Universal God While the Jewish roots of one partner are maintained, portions of the other partner's heritage are also woven into the wedding ceremony, elevating the universal element in all of us. This is what transcends our differences and makes us one people...our humanity.
