{"id":362,"date":"2010-09-21T22:39:12","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T20:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/?p=362"},"modified":"2013-09-11T09:11:33","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T07:11:33","slug":"israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Weddings. And what not to wear…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Israeli weddings are really good fun.\u00a0 Unlike the english formulas, there seem to be no two weddings the same here.\u00a0 And there appear to be no rules, people just do what they feel like and if it’s not your bag – tough!<\/p>\n

Little Yaron was the youngest guest at our friends wedding on sunday night.\u00a0 We hired a car and drove all the way to the hulda forest in Rehovot.\u00a0 A long journey but totally worth it.\u00a0 The venue was very magical, a little dusty round the feet but ok so long as you were not in stilettos.\u00a0 The groom, usually a very quiet chap spoke beautifully under the chupa (very unusual, never seen that before) and we realised this was probably because it was the only opportunity to grab everyone’s attention. \u00a0Israelis are not known for their attention spans.\u00a0 The crowning moment was our friend, the bride, who actually serenaded her chatan with “Why do birds suddenly appear…” and had even\u00a0hired dancers and taught them\u00a0the choreography for a backing dance, complete with costumes.\u00a0 It was fabulously cheesy.\u00a0 Of course we were all loving it and laughing along (the bride had a glint in her eye too) but I did notice the older guests taking it very seriously.\u00a0 It seems there is a generation gap there.<\/p>\n

As for the the fashions, it still amazes me what Israelis believe to be acceptable attire for a formal function.\u00a0 I saw at least 5 people who looked like they were going on a tiyul.\u00a0 I told off 2 male friends who turned up in jeans, telling them that only sabras can wear jeans to a wedding.\u00a0 It does make the dancing a lot more fun though, as everyone is more relaxed.\u00a0 The only consistancy I have found at Israeli weddings (non-religious ones, anyhow) is that if you hang around the dance floor long enough, it becomes a techno-nightclub.\u00a0 This is fine for us “younger” folk but unfortunate for the older men who happen to have the stamina to be out there, and suddenly find themselves at a loss with what to do with their arms.\u00a0Or how to wiggle in time to the music. \u00a0Poor things.\u00a0 One minute its 70’s music, then 80’s, they are just about holding their own with the 90’s and then wham.\u00a0 No idea.\u00a0 I watched one poor fellow of about 50\u00a0flounder around for about 10 minutes before packing it in to join his friends for a coffee.<\/p>\n

Little Yaron was hugely popular, particularly amongst the female guests, and people seemed truly amazed to see such a tiny baby at\u00a0a wedding.\u00a0 “Wow, he is so tiny! How much did he weigh? How old is he?”\u00a0 Which made me wonder, I mean it’s not so amazing that he made it to the wedding, it’s not as if he got himself dressed and drove for 2\u00a0hours! Surely they should have been more impressed that I was there???<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Israeli weddings are really good fun.\u00a0 Unlike the english formulas, there seem to be no two weddings the same here.\u00a0 And there appear to be no rules, people just do what they feel like and if it’s not your bag – tough! Little Yaron was the youngest guest at our friends wedding on sunday night.\u00a0 … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aliyah"],"yoast_head":"\nIsraeli Weddings. And what not to wear... - Diary of an Aliyah-nik<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israeli Weddings. And what not to wear... - Diary of an Aliyah-nik\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Israeli weddings are really good fun.\u00a0 Unlike the english formulas, there seem to be no two weddings the same here.\u00a0 And there appear to be no rules, people just do what they feel like and if it’s not your bag – tough! Little Yaron was the youngest guest at our friends wedding on sunday night.\u00a0 …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Diary of an Aliyah-nik\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-09-21T20:39:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-09-11T07:11:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_5823-300x225.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Deganit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Deganit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Deganit\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/69d3555c26668f912c5575ce56829b4c\"},\"headline\":\"Israeli Weddings. And what not to wear…\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-09-21T20:39:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-09-11T07:11:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":497,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/69d3555c26668f912c5575ce56829b4c\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/09\\\/IMG_5823-300x225.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Aliyah\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\\\/\",\"name\":\"Israeli Weddings. And what not to wear... - Diary of an Aliyah-nik\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/09\\\/IMG_5823-300x225.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-09-21T20:39:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-09-11T07:11:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/09\\\/IMG_5823.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/09\\\/IMG_5823.jpg\",\"width\":\"800\",\"height\":\"600\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Israeli Weddings. And what not to wear…\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/\",\"name\":\"Diary of an Aliyah-nik\",\"description\":\"A family's aliyah journey from North of London to the Galilee in Northern Israel\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/69d3555c26668f912c5575ce56829b4c\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/69d3555c26668f912c5575ce56829b4c\",\"name\":\"Deganit\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/920ba5e82b8ea5ade00e9edb3c8196e925b055201c954dcd9d5b9e36a613e441?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/920ba5e82b8ea5ade00e9edb3c8196e925b055201c954dcd9d5b9e36a613e441?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/920ba5e82b8ea5ade00e9edb3c8196e925b055201c954dcd9d5b9e36a613e441?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Deganit\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/920ba5e82b8ea5ade00e9edb3c8196e925b055201c954dcd9d5b9e36a613e441?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mehmehs.com\\\/aliyah\\\/author\\\/deganit\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Israeli Weddings. And what not to wear... - Diary of an Aliyah-nik","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Israeli Weddings. And what not to wear... - Diary of an Aliyah-nik","og_description":"Israeli weddings are really good fun.\u00a0 Unlike the english formulas, there seem to be no two weddings the same here.\u00a0 And there appear to be no rules, people just do what they feel like and if it’s not your bag – tough! Little Yaron was the youngest guest at our friends wedding on sunday night.\u00a0 …","og_url":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/","og_site_name":"Diary of an Aliyah-nik","article_published_time":"2010-09-21T20:39:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-09-11T07:11:33+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_5823-300x225.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Deganit","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Deganit","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/"},"author":{"name":"Deganit","@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/#\/schema\/person\/69d3555c26668f912c5575ce56829b4c"},"headline":"Israeli Weddings. And what not to wear…","datePublished":"2010-09-21T20:39:12+00:00","dateModified":"2013-09-11T07:11:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/"},"wordCount":497,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/#\/schema\/person\/69d3555c26668f912c5575ce56829b4c"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_5823-300x225.jpg","articleSection":["Aliyah"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/","url":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/","name":"Israeli Weddings. And what not to wear... - Diary of an Aliyah-nik","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_5823-300x225.jpg","datePublished":"2010-09-21T20:39:12+00:00","dateModified":"2013-09-11T07:11:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_5823.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_5823.jpg","width":"800","height":"600"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/israeli-weddings-and-what-not-to-wear\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Israeli Weddings. And what not to wear…"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/","name":"Diary of an Aliyah-nik","description":"A family's aliyah journey from North of London to the Galilee in Northern Israel","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/#\/schema\/person\/69d3555c26668f912c5575ce56829b4c"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/#\/schema\/person\/69d3555c26668f912c5575ce56829b4c","name":"Deganit","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920ba5e82b8ea5ade00e9edb3c8196e925b055201c954dcd9d5b9e36a613e441?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920ba5e82b8ea5ade00e9edb3c8196e925b055201c954dcd9d5b9e36a613e441?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920ba5e82b8ea5ade00e9edb3c8196e925b055201c954dcd9d5b9e36a613e441?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Deganit"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920ba5e82b8ea5ade00e9edb3c8196e925b055201c954dcd9d5b9e36a613e441?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"url":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/author\/deganit\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1341,"href":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions\/1341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}