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Rabbi Laurie Green

Rabbi Laurie Green

Chevy Chase, MD
4.7 out of 5 rating, 53 Reviews
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2017 Winner
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    Yasmine B. Sent on 04/16/2024
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    An amazing experience. Rabbi Laurie was caring and took her time to get to know us before our special day.

    Rabbi Laurie was met to be our Rabbi, after looking around for several months. We found the person who explained the process and set up expectations for us. We were so blessed to have her be part of our special day. We highly recommend her to be next to you on your special day.
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    Tori K. Sent on 01/03/2023
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    Beautiful and personal ceremony

    Everything was a dream come true. My wife and I chatted with the Rabbi quite a bit before the wedding, and it really felt like she put her personal touch on it. We were able to pick and guide toward what we wanted, and everything was perfect. I can't imagine having a better ceremony. Would HIGHLY recommend her
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    Evan B. Sent on 10/20/2021
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    Queer COVID Wedding

    We knew rabbi Laurie from years ago when she was at a different synagogue. When we decided to have a Jewish wedding, we knew we wanted her as our rabbi. We were right!
    Rabbi Laurie understands our family, including our parents. She gets us as trans people, as a couple and as parents in a pandemic.

    When she hugged our son, he wouldn’t let go of Rabbi Laurie. We all love her!

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Josh is a great hugger! It was so wonderful to see you all again. I hope to share many more simchas with you, Jacky and Josh.
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    Ella Sent on 10/20/2021
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    Such a special ceremony!

    We had no idea what would happen with the pandemic. Rabbi Laurie couldn't have been more flexible and more reassuring. She was a practical problem solver and we felt she really got to know us.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks, Ella. Congrats to you and Jeremy. It was my honor to share your joy. You make a beautiful couple. Best of luck!
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    Som B. Sent on 06/08/2021
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    Rabbi Laurie is awesome. Very responsive and quick. Also very professional. She was an excellent choice for us.

    My fiancé and I aren't religious people at all. My fiancé was raised Christian and I was raised Zoroastrian We wanted someone who was quick and responsive. Rabbi Laurie has a great personality, is very friendly and quick to respond. We are very happy to have her a part of our special day.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks Som. It was a pleasure meeting you and Annie. I enjoyed sharing in your special day. Plus, we now all three of us have a funny story to tell about how we met in person, and the nice lady we met. Best of luck to you both!
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    Nicole B. Sent on 12/31/2020
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    Rabbi laurie made our wedding!

    Rabbi Laurie was wonderful. She really customized our experience to the level of religion we wanted included in the ceremony, and she made us feel comfortable through the entire process. Seriously, BOOK HER, she was the easiest of all of our vendors to work with.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Wow! That’s quite a complement!! I’m so pleased I fulfilled my goal of making your ceremony planning easy, as well as meaningful. Your first wedding anniversary is next week, I recall. Congratulations!🎉🎊
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    Evan B. Sent on 06/06/2021
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    Perfect Officiant for our Queer Jewish Wedding

    We had known Rabbi Laurie for a long time through our old synagogue, but we'd recommend her to anyone. She gave us a lot of flexibility in choosing what we wanted our wedding to be like, while still offering all the expertise and guidance we needed. We were able to choose how much we wanted in Hebrew vs. English, different levels of traditional and egalitarian in the vows, what gendered language (if any) to use for Hashem, and so on. She provided us texts in Hebrew and transliteration for different comfort levels and helped us locate a trans-affirming mikveh! The ceremony was beautiful and meaningful and exactly the right length. I highly recommend Rabbi Laurie as an officiant for your Jewish wedding whether you're queer or not.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks Evan. It was such a blessing to reconnect with your family after 2 years. Josh has gotten so big!
    I wish you and Jackie only blessings and I hope to share in your many future simchas.
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    Rodney R. Sent on 06/17/2021
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    Friendly, responsive and professional

    Rabbi Laurie and I officiated at a wedding in May of one of my former students. Not only was she responsive about working out the details of the service, but she also personalized her part in a way as if she had known the couple for years. Her combination of humor and theological integrity was a perfect balance for this wedding ceremony. I look forward to working with her agin in the near future!

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks, Rodney. I enjoyed working with you too. Interfaith co-officiating can be tricky and you made it a breeze! We just clicked. I really hope we’ll officiate together again soon.
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    Roy Sent on 06/09/2021
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    Outstanding Ceremony with Rabbi Laurie

    We found Rabbi Laurie on Weddingwire. After reading about her services and reviews we knew we had found our officiant. In fact we had an outstanding international multilingual Zoom ceremony during the pandemic that was way beyond expectations. She was extremely flexible in coordinating with us and our Spanish translator in Australia. While an interfaith couple we decided to have a more traditional Jewish wedding which turned out to be the wedding of our dreams. Rabbi Laurie was also very accommodating during the Zoom international ceremony which had occasional delays especially as our virtual guests (from all over the world in US, Australia and several countries in Europe and south America) would say the blessings. She also hand wrote in the details of our Ketubah in beautiful Hebrew (and English). Not to mention that she also saved the day as we had quite a bit of snow in our wedding day and she was kind enough to agree to spend the night at a local hotel, in order to avoid driving in the snow! We highly recommend her!

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks Roy. Your wedding was so memorable. I doubt I’ll ever work with a translator in another hemisphere again. Your tech was so impressive! Please give my best to Veronica. I hope immigration isn’t giving her a hard time.
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    Ari Sent on 11/06/2020
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    A beautiful ceremony

    Rabbi Laurie made our ceremony truly special. It was customized, yet still had some traditional elements that made it really come together.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Mazal Tov, Ari and Bri! I’m so honored that I could share your special day! It was a pleasure to meet your families online and in masks. A pandemic wedding is quite a memorable thing. I look forward to seeing you both and your guests at a “second wedding” when this pandemic nightmare ends. May it be very soon. Until then, stay safe and enjoy your first year of married life!
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    Diane Sent on 12/29/2020
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    Rabbi Laurie has been amazing!!

    We found Rabbi Laurie via Weddingwire. We knew she was the perfect fit immediately, she was warm, flexible, and ready to make all of our dreams for our perfect wedding come true. Once the pandemic hit, we had to switch many of our details, and she did a great job accommodating us and our new vision. She takes her job very seriously. We are also having her co-officate and she has been great in navigating the 21st century wedding! I highly recommend her!!

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks, Diane! I appreciate the sentiment. You and Brett will have such a beautiful, and long awaited wedding ceremony and celebration. I’m glad I could help make all the rescheduling run smoothly. Looking forward to seeing you and Brett in real life in a few months!
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    Daniel O. Sent on 10/27/2019
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    5 star Rabbi

    Rabbi Green did a great job officiating our wedding. She was easy to work with, quick to respond to emails, and allowed us to customize the ceremony exactly the way we wanted. Highly recommend.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks Parisa and Daniel. It was so wonderful to share your beautiful day with you and your family. I even got to learn all about beautiful Persian rituals. So gorgeous.

    I’m touched the way you and your mom insisted I sit with your family at dinner. It was such an honor. And I really couldn’t stay away from that saffron risotto!
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    Jay M. Sent on 07/30/2019
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    We are so fortunate to have found Rabbi Laurie!

    She guided us through the creation of our ceremony with patience, creativity, and respect. She was all about helping us find the most genuine expression of our marriage relationship so that the ceremony was profoundly meaningful for us and our families and friends. Thank you so much Rabbi Laurie.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Mazal Tov Jay! I just loved getting to know you and Celsa and your adorable children! And you gave me the opportunity to work with a translator, which was great! What a beautiful blend of Jewish and Latinx culture! More importantly, a gorgeous blend of who you are together and a joyous celebration of the family you’ve created. Wishing you both muchos amor y simcha rabbah!
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    Samantha Sent on 08/23/2019
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    Officiant for Interfaith Wedding

    My husband and I are so glad that we chose Laurie to be the officiant at our wedding. We were a little hesitant at first with choosing a Rabbi as we are a mixed-religion couple (Jewish and Christian) and didn’t want to have a wedding that focused too much on one religion or the other in order to make both sides of our future family happy. After a few minutes talking to Laurie, however, we realized that our fears were totally unnecessary. From the start, Laurie focused on making the wedding about us as a couple and not about what religions we followed. She helped guide us in making a ceremony tailored to our preferences while allowing us to explore what made us special as a couple and what brought us to the altar that day. We met with Laurie on two occasions before the wedding and, at those meetings, she was able to develop a natural rapport with us and carried that, as well as the stories and inside jokes we had, into a ceremony that felt like us. On the day of the wedding, the ceremony she crafted was beautiful and helped us to make memories of that day that will last forever. We were overjoyed with our ceremony and you will be too if you choose Laurie to be your officiant.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks, Samantha! It was my honor. I was so moved to share not only your beautiful day, but your laughter and inside jokes. You are adorable together! I’m so glad it all went as you and Josh wanted. Mazal Tov!
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    Rebecca Sent on 01/01/2021
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    Great experience

    Rabbi Laurie was the perfect person to marry my wife and I. She was personable, knowledgeable, and understanding. We loved working with her and are so grateful for the stress-free experience.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks, Rebecca and Jessie! I loved working with you two as well. And I even got to hug you both for congratulations (which I miss when marrying my ‘pandemic couples.’)! Stay well and congratulations!
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    Larissa Sent on 10/28/2021
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    Great ceremony!

    We saw the great reviews for Rabbi Laurie so asked her to do the ceremony for our wedding. We were not disappointed! She did a great job with the elements we wanted to incorporate and brought a great energy to the ceremony. And when we kissed before we were supposed to during the ceremony, Rabbi Laurie handled it in stride and made it into a very funny and memorable moment.
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    Betsy Sent on 05/15/2018
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    Rabbi Laurie is amazing to work with! She helped us navigate a ceremony that was very personal for us but still traditional. She was super responsive and helped us prepare by carefully explaining what we needed to do to for the ceremony. She paid close attention to use and told stories about how much my husband and I care for each other and even noticed that I almost tripped and my husband had covered all the trip hazards around the huppah with his foot to save me embarrassment and keep me safe. She added that detail into the service and it was so beautiful. I had no idea this was happening and she brought me back into the moment to let me know how much Zach cares about me! After the ceremony almost every guest complimented us on how wonderful our service was and had wonderful things to say about Rabbi Laurie.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Mazal tov Betsy and Zach. Such a beautiful outdoor wedding...and the best wedding feast ever - breakfast for dinner! I want your caterer! Good luck!
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    Lee Sent on 04/30/2018
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    You will not be disappointed with Rabbi Laurie. She is patient, funny, and insightful. My husband and I had our officiant back out of our wedding about two months before our ceremony, which was devastating. In a panic, we reached out to Rabbi Laurie-- and it turned out to be one of the best decisions we could have made for our wedding. Rabbi Laurie was everything we could have wanted in an officiant-- she took the time to learn about us and tailor a ceremony that matched us perfectly. She gave us countless options to personalize our ceremony-- down to which gender we would like to use when referring to God. It was truly incredible. She was such a calming presence throughout our ceremony, guiding us through everything and injecting humor. We received so many compliments from guests on how beautiful and touching the ceremony was. We were absolutely thrilled.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks Lee! It was an honor to be with you and Brian on your big day. Wish Brian good luck on the new job! Congratulations!
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    Amber Sent on 12/05/2017
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    Our wedding ceremony officiated by Rabbi Green was absolutely wonderful. We received more compliments on how beautiful our ceremony was than we did for any other part of the wedding. She took the time to get to know us personally, and created a ceremony that was uniquely ours. A lot of our family and friends are not of the Jewish faith, but from the Ketubah signing to the stomping of the glass, she made sure that everyone knew the importance of the traditions. We also had a premarital counseling session with Rabbi Green, and it sparked several conversations between us that made us feel even closer together before our wedding. Rabbi Green is extremely caring and thoughtful and we highly recommend her as a wedding officiant.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks Amber & Scott. It was such a joy to join you. It was my first college wedding and well-worth the trip to Williamsburg! Best wishes for a long and happy life together!
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    Sonia Sent on 11/20/2017
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    We had a great experience! Rabbi Laurie was so flexible, easy to work with and understanding. She completely customized our ceremony and added her own special touch to make it unforgettable!

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks, Sonia. You and Nick are a great couple and your son is so lucky to have you both! What a great family. Many blessings!
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    Jessica Sent on 11/08/2017
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    Overall our experience with Rabbai Laurie was very pleasant! My husband and I come from more of a non-traditional background, me being Jewish and him being raised Catholic-- but we wanted to include some Jewish traditions in our ceremony. Laurie was really helpful, and knowledgable and even educated us on our options over the phone-- which made it really clear on what we did and didn't want. Additionally, Laurie was very professional and made our ceremony a beautiful memory we will never forget.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    It was such an honor to share your special day. I wish you and Jeffrey many happy years together. That's for including me in your gorgeous wedding!
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    Anna Sent on 06/11/2017
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    Laurie was a wonderful officiant and conducted a beautiful ceremony. My husband is not of the Jewish faith and she explained the customs well so he could feel comfortable with them. Many people complimented Laurie, saying it was the best ceremony they had seen.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks Anna. So sweet of you. It was so much fun planning your special day! Give my best to Andrew. You two know how to throw a party!
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    Louis Sent on 03/25/2017
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    Rabbi Laurie is very personable and is a wonderful officiant!

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    A wedding on Purim! What fun! You and Dan make a great couple. Great friends, great food, great day.
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    Danna Sent on 10/22/2016
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    Rabbi Laurie led an absolutely beautiful ceremony. It was personal and made us feel so special. It had enough of the traditional Jewish wedding parts without being overly traditional so that my non Jewish friends felt like they knew what was going on and felt included in the ceremony. I am so happy she was our officiant and truly indebted to her for giving us such a wonderful memory. I cannot recommend her highly enough.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks so much, you two. My pleasure. Best of luck!
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    Lindsay Sent on 09/11/2016
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    Rabbi Laurie was so helpful throughout the process of putting together a service that was meaningful to us, personal, and unique. She gave us a lot of options so we could choose what felt best to us and was always great about answering any questions along the way and making sure we felt comfortable and happy with our choices. Many of our guests commented on what a special ceremony it was and how nicely Rabbi Laurie officiated (ceremony was located in Howard County, MD).
    We also did some sessions with her beforehand that were more oriented towards premarriage counseling and that was very helpful in posing questions to us that we hadn't talked about much before, including topics that were important to address before marriage. After discussing them, we felt even more prepared for our future together, and we were definitely glad we invested the time to do that.

    Rabbi Laurie Green's reply:

    Thanks, Lindsay. It was my honor. Best of luck to you and Adam.
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