This was, predictably, homework from our officiating rabbi. As such it’s a very hard book to review–although I suppose everyone reading it is going to be in a pretty similar mindset.

It is very aimed at the liberal end of the spectrum–lots of explicit or implicit use of Reform and Reconstructionist ideas, and usually Orthodoxy gets brought up as a reference point, not necessarily as something she expects you to carry out. Which for us, fine, we’re getting married Reform-style. And I suspect if you’re Orthodox you’re not getting tips from a non-Orthodox book anyway. But still: Important to know before getting into it.

It’s well organized and reasonably comprehensive for a book that’s 200 pages long–ie, covers most things, doesn’t get terribly in depth. It presents some options for areas of the wedding that couples may want to adapt but, eg, none of the ketubah texts are working for us. So there’s limits.