Working with Rabbi Souther was, hands down, one of the best decisions we made while preparing for our wedding celebration. In the weeks and months leading up to our wedding, pre-marital counseling sessions with Rabbi Souther offered invaluable opportunities to pause, reflect, and feel grounded in our partnership despite the flurry of wedding planning details and decisions. When we needed support in personalizing the rituals we brought into our ceremony, Rabbi Souther brainstormed with us about different options and then shared online resources we could consider as we finalized our decisions. When discussing our “day of” logistics, Rabbi Souther encouraged us to carve out time for just the two of us to be together after the ceremony – this one-on-one time ended up being one of our favorite memories from the celebration as a whole. When Rabbi Souther spoke at our wedding, they drew on our conversations from throughout the planning process to create a beautifully personalized ceremony. Rabbi Souther’s calming nature allowed us to actually feel present in the moment during and after our ceremony. They truly exceeded our every hope, making us and our loved ones feel comfortable, inspired, and grounded throughout the wedding rituals and set the perfect tone for our celebration after the ceremony. Since we had an interfaith wedding, it was important to us that everyone understand what we were doing and why throughout the ceremony, and Rabbi Souther did a truly artful job of providing that context.

As a professional, Rabbi Souther was extremely communicative, while also being flexible and adaptable when we needed to reschedule a meeting. As a rabbi, they provided the deeply nuanced understanding of Jewish history and traditions that helped us to make meaningful decisions about how best to incorporate Jewish ritual into our celebration. As a person, Rabbi Souther brought warmth, laughter, and openness to every interaction we had with them, and friends and family were coming up to us all day to say how much they enjoyed and appreciated the way Rabbi Souther led our ceremony. We could not recommend Rabbi Souther highly enough. We are so grateful to have worked with Rabbi Souther as we prepared for our wedding, and we look forward to continuing to stay in touch!

It is hard to put to words how meaningful our experience with CB was. CB met with us three times getting to know us both individually and as a couple. Knowing that I was still learning about Judaism, CB explained Jewish wedding traditions, the significance of those traditions and various ways of performing each tradition. CB encouraged us to pick and choose which traditions felt right to us as a couple, helping us to keep to many of the Jewish aspects important to us while allowing us to make our ceremony unique for us and our family. As a person who is still learning about Judaism, CB always made me feel valued, respected and cared about.

CB's real gift is the gift of explaining Jewish traditions in beautiful and meaningful ways. CB took the time to explain each element of the Jewish tradition to our guests, of which it was about 50/50 Jewish and non-Jewish; we’re sure even my husband’s Jewish family learned something. CB also took quotes from our meetings together and wove them into the ceremony, which came as a little bit of a surprise. It was incredibly special to hear from CB’s perspective the special nuances of our relationship.

We still get compliments from our families about what a beautiful ceremony we had and, especially from my non-Jewish family, how meaningful the Jewish traditions are. I am probably biased, but I have yet to find another officiant/Rabbi that has the same poetic way of speaking as CB Souther. I honestly recommend CB to all of my Jewish/interfaith friends getting married.

C.B was incredible to work with for our wedding in 2019. Her personalization of our ceremony with just the right amount of Jewish tradition, traditional wedding pieces and humor. Our guests loved the experience and so did we!