Milestones by Miri

If you’re searching for someone who will make your wedding day uniquely yours, Miriam is the perfect choice. We are forever grateful to her for the role she played in our special day and can’t recommend her enough to other couples. From the moment we first spoke with her, Miriam's warmth, professionalism, and genuine care for her couples shone through. She took the time to get to know us as individuals and as a couple, ensuring that our ceremony was personal and meaningful. Her calming presence made the day feel effortless, and her heartfelt words added a beautiful depth to the occasion.

Miriam conducted my and my spouse's queer, interracial, interfaith wedding in June 2024. Working with Miriam was a fantastic experience. We trusted her deeply every step of the way. Miriam brought her thoughtful, creative self to the process and crafted ceremony that felt personal and met all of our wants and needs. Miriam's understanding of Jewish weddings, paired with her sensitivity to and empathy with interfaith couples, struck just the right balance of tradition and uniqueness. We felt that our voices and ideas were valued and centered throughout the whole process. Miriam offered lovely suggestions, but let us take the lead on the decisions. We relied on her depth of experience and understanding to help shape the day, and found many touches throughout that made the ceremony special and unique to us. Also pro tip -- if Miriam offers to sing or chant during your ceremony, say yes! Miriam's knowledge, care, professionalism, and all-around delightfulness made a fantastic process for us.

Miriam is an absolute delight to work with! My husband and I had a BEAUTIFUL, loving, and meaningful ceremony and it's in large part thanks to Miriam’s officiating skills and guidance! She did an amazing job corralling our families during the rehearsal run-through and the day of the wedding did a wonderful job officiating. She knew when to adjust positioning/staging as to not interfere with our photographer; and had perfect pacing, voice projection, clear diction, etc. Tonally, she was able to strike a fine balance between being sentimental while keeping things lively and fun. Miriam not only did an amazing job officiating at the wedding, but she also put countless hours into helping us build a ceremony that was special and made just for us. Shortly after hiring Miriam, she met with us over zoom to walk us through the process step by step. Over the course of the wedding planning period, she helped us build a very personalized ceremony that was sweet and sincere without being overly stuffy and outdated. We loved all her suggestions and the options she provided us for language and the structure of the ceremony. We especially loved the suggestion of the ring warming ceremony - this was a new idea to us, and we loved how we were able to make the ceremony more interactive for our guests. Hiring Miriam made our Mount Holyoke wedding extra special, because she is also a moho alum! It was so nice to have our officiant be someone with MHC connections and who loved our venue as much as we did. I wouldn't go back and change a thing; it was everything I wanted for my wedding ceremony and more!