(Jewish Group) Colorado Gov. Polis and his partner had a very Jewish wedding this week after 18yrs

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and his partner had a very Jewish wedding this week after 18 years together



As his fellow Jews around the world prepared to annul their vows during Yom Kippur, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis got busy making some new ones — by marrying his partner of 18 years.

Polis announced his marriage to Marlon Reis, with whom he has two children, in social media posts late Wednesday afternoon, just hours before Yom Kippur. Pictures showed the two men wearing kippahs and breaking glasses beneath a brightly colored chuppah, or wedding canopy, all hallmarks of traditional Jewish marriage ceremonies.

Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, the founding rabbi of Congregation Nevei Kodesh, a Renewal synagogue in Boulder, officiated. The synagogue is one of three that Polis told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in 2017, when he was running for governor, that he and Reis belonged to in Boulder.

The men were engaged last year after contracting COVID-19 and picked Wednesday to be married because it was the 18th anniversary of their first date.


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I had posted this in GD, but, yeah...

[Mosby]

1. I went to this shul for my cousins bar mitzvah

They have a very dynamic service with music.

Quite a bit different than what I'm used to but I really enjoyed it. I wish the conservative mvmt could figure out a way to include music on shabbat.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. This makes me smile