Now we know none of you out there are Bridezillas, but if you happen to know any (*Hint*Hint*) WeTV’s top-rated Bridezillas wedding show is now casting for their new season.

Here are the deets:
* Are you planning a wedding between January 2010 and May 2010?
*Are your wedding preparations getting out of control?
*Are you struggling with the cooperation of your wedding party, fiancé or in-laws?
*Are you doing everything in your power to make sure your wedding day is perfect?
*Are you ready to share your story with other women who’ve been or will be in your shoes?
If so, then you are just what they are looking for!
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If your wedding falls within the dates above and you’d like to be considered for an episode, email the below to castingbridezillas@gmail.com.  According to producers, brides will be compensated for their appearance.
BRIDE’S FULL NAME:
AGE:
ADDRESS:
CONTACT #:
EMAIL:
WEDDING DATE:
WEDDING BUDGET:
GROOM’S FULL NAME:
AGE:
1. TELL US WHY YOU’D BE A GREAT BRIDEZILLA. GIVE EXAMPLES.
2. WHO IS GIVING YOU THE MOST STRESS AND WHY?
3. GIVE US YOUR TOP 3 CONCERNS FOR YOUR WEDDING.
Lastly, email them a couple photos of you and your fiancé.
Don’t think you are Zilla enough? This season they are actually taking the show in a slightly different direction.  Give them a call at 213-417-4446 and they’ll fill you in on the details!

Planning on having a wedding this Winter or Spring? Tying the knot Jewish-style?

If you’ve ever wanted to be the star of a wedding TV show, here’s your opportunity!

A new television series from Matar Productions, a company that has produced prime time Israeli television shows for more than 30 years is looking for couples getting married this January through May to participate in a unique documentary.

If you’re having a Jewish or mixed marriage or you’re an American-Israeli then they’re looking to feature you on ISRAELI TV.  Have your marriage in the States screened in the Holy Land!

Chosen couples will have their marital preparations and weddings documented and are being offered FREE FULLY PAID HONEYMOONS!

For additional details email: israelweddingshow@gmail.com or call 00972526141332 or 00972525223334 and tell them you were referred by Jewish Wedding Network.

You can view the show’s website at MatarProductions.com

-A couple takes to the theater to make their vows (Journal Star)
-A mother celebrates two Jewish weddings, but only one marriage ME (Portland Press Herald)
-Comedian Jessi Klein’s hilarious sketch about her sister’s wedding at Disney World (The Moth)
-A bride tells of getting ready the morning of  her wedding (A Practical Wedding)
-Bklyn Bride features a wedding at the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Arts (BklynBride)

-A Jewish girl and a Palestinian guy celebrate their wedding in this video short (Channel 13)
-Madonna can see herself marrying Jesus – most likely in a Kabbalah ceremony (MSNBC)
-A Jewish-Catholic-Shinto-Greek wedding (LA Times)
-Processionals, recessionals, and seating for a Jewish wedding ceremony. (The Knot)
-Instructions for making a DIY Chuppah (Project Wedding)
-Earth friendly Chuppah ideas (TheGreenBrideGuide)
-A joke about a couple preparing for a religious wedding who meet with their rabbi for counseling (RedvKathy)

Here are some recent posts in the Jewish Wedding Network Message Boards. Think you can help? Please post your replies in the forum!

• Daci S. is looking for an example of a Jewish wedding program. Read more…
• Sbmorrison is looking for a knitting pattern for a kippah so that she can knit them for her wedding. Read more…
• 2nd Bride shares instructions for how she built her DIY chuppah. Read more…
• Bevin M. is seeking suggestions for how to incorporate Hanukkah in to her wedding which falls on the 1st night. Read more…

• Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner set a wedding date (Page Six)
• A Jewish take on the infamous JK wedding dance (JDub)
• A bride’s father doubles as her wedding rabbi (Tablet)
• Fact or Fiction? Cross dressing at Jewish weddings in the Middle Ages (CuriousJew)
• A Jewish bride tries to keep her second wedding simple (Aish)

Kate Harrison and Barry Muchnik met on Kate’s first day at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. All of the incoming Master’s students go on a three week camping trip before school starts, and Barry happened to be the leader of Kate’s trip. Exactly two years later Barry proposed to Kate in a tower at Yale, overlooking the parking lot where they first met.

Since Kate’s background was in Environmental Law and Policy and Barry was a Ph.D. student in Environmental History, it was important for the couple to pick eco-friendly wedding options whenever possible. To decrease the carbon footprint of the event, the couple chose a location near the majority of their guests–Cat Rock (a historic castle) in Garrison, New York.  Their wedding planning experience inspired Kate to write The Green Bride Guide and to launch TheGreenBrideGuide.com.

The couple worked hard to use family heirlooms and items from their parents’ homes as part of the ceremony. Instead of a disposable aisle runner, they used a hall rug from Kate’s parents’ house.  “Disposable aisle runners are terrible. In addition to producing unnecessary waste, heels go through them when they are placed outside. This was a sturdy, beautiful and meaningful alternative,” Kate says.

Barry wore a suit that belonged to his great uncle by marriage, and Kate was determined to buy an eco-friendly wedding dress, but had a hard time finding one she liked.  She finally located the perfect dress one day when her car broke down and she had some time to kill.  In the back of a small Asian boutique she found a dress that fit her perfectly.  She soon discovered why it was hidden all the way in the back – it had been badly damaged and was being sold off for fabric at a steal.  She brought the gown to a tailor who was able to remove the stained fabric pieces. The train was the worst part, but the seamstress was able to fashion a shawl out of the remaining material.

Kate bought a gorgeous pair of Vera Wang heels on eBay for $50 and resold them on eBay to another bride after the wedding.  Instead of buying new jewelry, Kate sent an e-mail out to the women in the couple’s families asking if she could borrow pearls for her wedding day. Barry’s parents lent her a beautiful necklace that belonged to his grandmother, and Kate’s parents gave her pearl earrings and a bracelet to match. “It was nice to wear jewelry from both sides of the family and was much more meaningful than purchasing something new,” Kate says.

The chuppah was sparsely decorated with flowers from neighboring gardens and a local farm and matched the bride’s bouquet.  The table under the chuppah was covered with a tablecloth that Barry’s grandmother had sewn.  Kate sent the extra fabric from her damaged train to Barry’s Great Aunt Shirley, who used it to make a break-the-glass pillow on which she embroidered the couple’s names and  wedding date.  After the wedding, Kate donated her gown and shawl to Brides Against Breast Cancer and kept the pillow as a keepsake.

Under the chuppah, the couple drank from a family kiddush cup. “We used the same cup my parents used at their wedding. It had my grandparents’ and parents’ names and wedding dates engraved on it too. After the wedding we had our names added and I can’t wait to pass it down to our children,” Kate says.