Rabbi Jay Heyman

I encourage personally crafting age-old ideals and traditions to the modern world. Part of my mission as a rabbi is to create a positive sense of identity for people through innovative use of traditional ceremonies involved in birth, coming of age, life-partnerships, and death.

All weddings should be beautiful, and should reflect the values, dreams, and spiritualities of the couple. Planning a wedding should be fun and joyful -- and so should the ceremony!

When you engage me to officiate at your wedding, I take on the responsibility for the service, so that you can be fully present in the magic and power of this unique and precious moment. When the ceremony is prepared very carefully and with love, then whatever happens during the wedding itself -- a dropped ring, a crying baby, or lots of airplanes flying overhead -- becomes part of the magic and joy of the moment.