The picture's been updated because my fantastic friend found a picture of two women breaking the glass! Yay Offbeat Bride!
Over at Offbeat Bride they have a lot of cool ideas. They feature weddings that don't buy into the wedding industrial complex and are unique in some way. My big hippie self just loves the site.
They have a "Tribe", where us brides (and grooms) can go to talk about wedding prep and exchange ideas. I'm often inspired by my fellow engaged folks, and the other day I saw this great idea.
One of the iconic images of a Jewish marriage ceremony is the breaking of the glass. There are many reasons people do this - to bring the wedding couple that many years of good luck and marriage, to remind us in this happy moment that there are other moments that are broken, to remember that the Temple in Jerusalem is in disrepair.
On Offbeat Bride I saw,
"Instead of breaking a glass, we're going to glue a broken one - a symbol both of marriage and Tikun Olam."
Tikun olam means repairing the world, and is a core concept of modern day Judaism. And what a better way to symbolize the marriage of two social justice folks whose independent life goals are to find a healing path for ourselves and our community?
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