The Jewish Chronicle, 2nd June 2011

The first same-sex Jewish ceremony officially to be termed a marriage by Liberal Judaism has taken place in Manchester.

Last Sunday, Manchester Liberal Jewish Community members Jeffrey Levine and Roman Hunter-Fox exchanged vows, a ketubah and rings under a chuppah at the city's Lowry Hotel.

Both men performed the traditional glass-breaking, while specially written shevah brachot (seven blessings) were made, with the phrase "blessed is God that you cause loving companions to rejoice together", to replace the traditional bride and groom blessing. Read more

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