It was a little past midnight at my niece’s chasidic wedding, when the badchan appeared. I can’t say I was happy to see him. When the badchan appeared at my niece’s wedding, I had never seen one live ...
Of all the abductions, this one is different.
As the Fall Jewish High Holy Days approach, a story from the Eastern European Jewish tradition comes to mind. Most shtetls (small Jewish villages) relied on a professional master of ceremonies called ...