Meet Rabbi Alpern

Rabbi Laurence Aryeh Alpern specializes in Interfaith Weddings.

a meaningful and memorable ceremony

Each wedding performed by Rabbi Alpern is unique; never canned or templated. The bride and groom are invited into the process of deciding the content of the ceremony, including readings, vows, and every word spoken on their special day. In so many weddings these days the time and money is spent on the flowers, dress, meal, and other details with little thought given to the ceremony. The ceremony is truly the reason for the wedding! You should not accept anything less than a carefully and thoughtfully planned ceremony for your wedding.

Rabbi Alpern in the News

Click here to read the most recent article in the Times Union featuring Rabbi Alpern.

Home-made Judaism

Bruce Feiler has a new book “Where God was Born” We highly recommend it. He is a passionate advocate for what he calls “Home-made Judaism”. The future of Judaism (and perhaps religion in general) he believes, depends on turning away from the professionalization of faith that has occurred in recent centuries, which overemphasized soaring buildings, stern public rituals, and passive congregations, and rediscovering a more familial, do-it-yourself tradition of creatively celebrating holidays at home.

A Wedding on Saturday?

We greet the Shabbat- We sing Lecha Dodi – “Come my beloved, come greet the bride”. The Shabbat is personified as a bride! Shabbat is a wedding.

The calendar fills quickly, so call now!

(518) 893-0808

Rabbi Alpern is a member of the Capital District Wedding Association. He is available for Jewish or interfaith couples.