We were really grateful to have Rabbi Gail Nalven officiate our wedding. Rabbi Gail was prepared, reliable, flexible, and excellent.

I can't say enough amazing things about Gail! We could not recommend her highly enough. She made the entire process from beginning to end feel extremely personalized and special. Gail was so wonderful and flexible, even with our wedding, which was on a rather unique date. She even took a very long train ride from New York to Philadelphia just to be there for our ceremony. We also had many non-Jewish friends and family members, and Gail explained ever aspect of the Jewish wedding and customs so that everyone would understand. Gail embraced every aspect of our wedding and went above and beyond to make our ceremony so special and unique by including details about our families and loved ones such as discussing wedding gifts from family members and also embracing traditions with family heirlooms from loved ones who passed. We love Gail and anyone would be so lucky to have her as their rabbi on their wedding day!

Rabbi Gail Nalven was a fantastic person to officiate our wedding, and we would highly recommend her! In the months before the wedding, we had several meetings to go over our preferences for our interfaith wedding, and she was thoughtful about ways to ensure both families felt comfortable and happy with the wedding ceremony. On the day of the wedding, she arrived early to sign the Ketubah and make sure the ceremony was set up correctly. The ceremony itself was perfect! It incorporated many of the Jewish traditions but also brought in neutral and English texts which were perfect for our family. It was approximately 20 minutes, which was also perfect! We were also lucky to have Patricia Rudden sing the Seven Blessings, and we highly recommend her as well! We were extremely happy with Rabbi Gail for our wedding!

We feel so lucky to have found Rabbi Gail to officiate our wedding. She is warm, easy-going, and supportive, and worked with us to create the perfect ceremony. Because we had not maintained close relationships with our childhood rabbi’s, it was crucial that we find someone who incorporate love and care into our wedding ceremony. Rabbi Gail is progressive and so accommodating; we are so pleased with how things went and feel blessed to have found her!

As my son Adam’s wedding approached, I suggested to him and his fiancé, Lauren, to contact Rabbi Gail Nalven to perform the ceremony. I had known Gail for many years and felt this would be the perfect match. As this was to be an interfaith marriage, they needed someone who would be sensitive to the feelings of both families. Rabbi Gail did that with such caring and love. She met with the groom and bride-to be (online) and was able to incorporate some traditions to the ceremony in a very tasteful way. It was a beautiful start to their marriage, and our family and friends are still telling us how much they enjoyed the ceremony and how beautiful it was. Gail, we thank you for everything!
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Rabbi Nalven was incredible! She took the time to get to know us before our wedding, and gave us many options for how we wanted our ceremony to go. She was extremely responsive and made our day so very special! We highly recommend her for any version of a Jewish ceremony that you wish to have!

I would highly recommend Rabbi Gail Nalven! Leading up to the wedding, she was responsive and professional-- she provided us with materials that guided us through her typical Jewish ceremony, but scheduled several meetings so we could adjust and personalize. She explained traditions to us that we weren't aware of, so we could decide if we wanted to incorporate them or not. On the day of the wedding, she arrived early, so she could scope things out and make sure everything went according to plan. She put us at ease because it was clear she had everything very organized. Then the ceremony was perfect. It was just the right length (approximately 20 minutes); it incorporated the Sheva Brachot (the Seven Blessings) with very nice English "interpretations" that we got to pick and that seven friend/family members read to us; it included a blessing by our mothers (where our mothers wrapped us in my husband's bar-mitzvah tallis-- see photo); and I would be remiss if I didn't mention that it included beautiful singing by Rabbi Patricia Rudden (see photo). From the minute we asked Gail (and Patricia) to officiate our wedding, to the very end of the ceremony, she was responsive, flexible, thoughtful, sweet, and all-around a wonderful addition to our wedding day.