Designing Experiences, Touching Lives
Rabbi Laurie offers her gifts to you and your family as you journey through life’s sweetnesses and struggles. With compassionate listening, non-judgmental understanding, and an accessible approach to Jewish tradition, Rabbi Laurie can help customize your lifecycle event to reflect your deepest values and visions.
Rabbi Laurie has created ceremonies around birth (including weaning and pregnancy loss), b'nai mitzvah (individual and group), funerals (including shiva and unveiling services), and weddings (including bridal circles, mikvah ceremonies and second marriages). She infuses unique lifecycle moments with sensitivity, relevance, music and Jewish wisdom. She masterfully and creatively weaves ritual into life’s most intimate transitions.
Rabbi Laurie’s skills in group facilitation have proven valuable to many families during our COVID-19 crisis, as we all navigate the transition to virtual lifecycle events.
Please send an email to begin a conversation with Rabbi Laurie about supporting your unique needs.
What They're Saying:
“To say that you exceeded our expectations in every way at our wedding would be an understatement. Our situation was unique and because of the loss of my wife four years ago was certainly a bittersweet occasion. We were uncomfortable discussing our feelings about how best to go about this and to honor my deceased wife in a respectful and meaningful way. We also had the challenge of making certain my children, who will always cherish the memory of their mother, feel good about what we said and how it was handled. Of course, it was also a happy occasion for my wife and I who found new love in our sixties and wanted to celebrate that with our closest family and friends.
The process began six months before our wedding. Whether in-person or “Skype” meetings, you were there for us and empathetic to our situation. You also provided us with guidance as to how to incorporate our Jewish heritage into our ceremony. At the ceremony you were compassionate and present for us. Many of our guests complemented us on the ceremony and in particular how you gracefully handled it all. Whomever may read this should know that having Rabbi Laurie Matzkin as part of their spiritual team couldn’t have made a better choice.”