The Betensky Kraut Family Album
Anita and Dan's Wedding, August 1, 2004:

The Wedding
The Huppah

Shabbat dinner: candle-lighting.
The celebrants: Fr. Mike Engh and Rabbi Yeshaiah Familant.
The program.
The cellist.
The main photographer, Charlie Marr.
The huppah (click for details).
Bob and Aya walk Dan in;
Steve and Marni walk Anita in.
The ceremony begins.
Anita's family: Steve, Marni, Brian.

Rabbi Mychal Copeland sings the Sheva B'rachot (the seven blessings).
Anita and Dan circle all of us.
The Sign of Peace.
The kiddush (blessing over wine).
R. Familant holds up the ketubah (marriage contract).
The ketubah (click on photo for enlargement).
Fr. Mike reads the text of the ketubah.
Signing the ketubah; Sarah and Cyrus were the witnesses.
After the vows

Anita and Dan with the celebrants
Both families
Dan and Anita with her family: Steve, Marni, Eric, and Brian;
Dan and Anita with his family: Bob, Aya, and Joel.
Anita with her mom and her grandmothers.
Steve with his brother, Fr. Mike.
The Kraut family;
the Betensky family

Cousins: Ellis Betensky, Aya Betensky, and Miriam Marr.
David and Rebecca Stashower.
Ellis and Mary-Stewart Ross.
Julie Kraut and Jane Steinberg.
Bob and Aya's friends: Jim Farber, Jolene Galegher, Sue Long, Steve Lewis, Pam Burke.
Aya and friends looking at the guestbook
Sue,
Aya
Steve and Jim.
Looking at the family trees.

Aya gives a toast.
Eric (Anita's brother) gives a toast...
The Enghs and the Wilkinsons.
... and a squash he grew.
Hummus and other delicious middle Eastern food
Cutting the cake (Anita's cousin Nicholas didn't know there were more cakes).
Cake frenzy

Magnolia Jazz Band
Miriam and Charlie Marr.
Dan and his co-workers.
Anita's footwear.
Anita's homemade bouquet.
The bouquet toss:
Aisha (Anita's cousin) wins.

The beach in Pacifica, site of the wedding hotel.

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