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Jewish, Interfaith, Same Sex & Civil Weddings
Rabbi Brian Denker is a wedding officiant servicing the New York City Metropolitan area including Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Bronx and Long Island. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community himself, Rabbi Brian takes pride in providing inclusive, diverse services for to-be-weds. He delights in working with couples to create one-of-a-kind ceremonies that truly reflect their unique relationships while also honoring age-old Jewish traditions.
Rabbi Brian Denker has extensive experience working with those planning Jewish, interfaith, non-denominational, and LGBTQIA+ ceremonies. This officiant finds joy in supporting couples and families throughout all life-cycle events, in addition to weddings. He loves helping couples create experiences and memories that will last a lifetime while incorporating the traditions their ancestors have passed down from generation to generation.
Rabbi Brian Denker is honored to get to know couples and share in the joy of their beautiful celebrations. Before the special day itself, this officiant is happy to provide to-be-weds with premarital counseling services. To ensure that the ceremony is as seamless as possible, Rabbi Brian can arrange rehearsals. This officiant can guide to-be-weds throughout the sacrament and also invites them to write their own vows if they wish. He is also available for vow renewals to commemorate the start of new chapters for years to come.
In addition to being an officiant, Rabbi Brian is an active member of the International Federation of Rabbis, a Chaplain with the New York State Chaplain Taskforce and New York State Fraternal Order of Police.
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Business Attributes
- LGBTQ+-owned Business
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
- Buddhist
- Christian
- Catholic
- Protestant
- Interfaith
- Jewish
Wedding Activities
- After The Wedding
- Getting Engaged
- Premarital Counseling
- Wedding
- Ceremony
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Rabbi Brian receives glowing reviews for his personalized and inclusive approach to officiating weddings. He is praised for his understanding, warm personality, and professionalism, creating ceremonies that beautifully blend traditions and values. Reviewers appreciate his attentiveness, communication, and ability to make the ceremony special and meaningful for couples and guests. Rabbi Brian's flexibility, attention to detail, and sense of humor make him a highly recommended choice for diverse ceremonies, including interfaith weddings, earning him high praise and recommendations for his exceptional services.Review photos
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Rabbi Brian was an absolute blessing for our wedding. His genuineness and unique sensitivity are what really set him apart. From our first meeting, his warmth and interest shone through as he took time to learn about our story, who we are, and what we want to build.
Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, he listened thoughtfully to how we practice our faith and worked with us to create a ceremony that authentically reflected our traditions and values. His respectful approach made us feel seen and understood, never judged. He worked with us to create a ceremony that perfectly reflected our personal connection to Judaism. Our guests were amazed. His thoughtful guidance and sincere care for our relationship made the entire experience deeply meaningful. We couldn't have asked for a more understanding and compassionate rabbi to help us begin our marriage journey. We recommend him 100%. Thanks Rabbi. - David & Stephanie
Rabbi Denker's services blew us away. He knows how to conduct a beautiful ceremony. We got so many compliments of how eloquent of a speaker he is and how inclusive he made our ceremony. We had quite a few guests who had never been to a Jewish wedding ceremony before and he did an amazing job explaining the traditions and customs. He’s Brooklyn-based, so the fact that he came up to the Hudson Valley for us was a huge plus. He was also very attentive and made our ceremony personal to us. We loved working with Rabbi Denker, and can’t wait to continue our relationship with him!
Rabbi Brian was so accommodating to everything we were looking for. We had an interfaith wedding and he made it flow so seamlessly. The ceremony was so beautiful and all of our guests said it was the best ceremony ever. He was so easy to work with and really got the time to know us which made the ceremony even better! We would definitely recommend Rabbi Brian and are so thankful to have worked with him.
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Rabbi Brian was truly amazing from our very first zoom call to the day of the wedding. He made the entire process so memorable and special for the both of us as well as our families. We had an interfaith ceremony and Brian put together an amazing ceremony where everyone felt included. He was funny, professional, sentimental, and really made an effort to get to know us on a personal level. We are so grateful and could not be happier with our experience. Best decision ever !
Rabbi Brian was an amazing officiant for our wedding! The ceremony was beautiful with personal touches. We had 2-3 calls before our wedding to get to know each other. He sent us what he was going to say before which was helpful to know when and what we were going to say during the ceremony.
Rabbi Brian was an absolute pleasure to work with. He was responsive and professional. He answered all of our questions and addressed any concerns that we had weeks before the wedding. He made sure everything was done correctly and made the ceremony an enjoyable process for everyone involved. He took the time to get to know us and created a memorable ceremony.
Rabbi Denker is fantastic. Even over a month later everytime we get a call from our guests they still talk about how amazing he was. We met Rabbi Denker after stepped in for us when our previous Rabbi sadly passed away only a few weeks before our wedding day. Under the circumstances we were incredibly nervous about how the ceremony would go. We did not need to be. He managed to take the time to craft a ceremony that was both meaningful and personal to the two of us. The ketubah ceremony in particular was very moving. If you need a Jewish interfaith ceremony we cannot recommend Rabbi Denker enough.
Rabbi Brian is friendly and personable. He brought warmth to our big day along with some humor. He is easy to relate to. He was punctual and spent time getting to know us. I'd highly recommend him to other couples!
Rabbi Brian Denker exceeded all our our expectations!!! From the moment we met, Rabbi Brian was friendly, funny, and accommodating to our needs. It felt as if we have known him for years. Rabbi Brian created an extremely personalized ceremony, and I could not have been happier with how perfect the ceremony went. On the day of our wedding, we started with the Ketubah signing. My husband and I were able to spend this special moment our parents and grandparents. When it was time for the ceremony, everything ran on time and smoothly. The ceremony was funny, emotional and heartfelt. Our guests were so impressed with Rabbi Brian. His sense of humor was comforting. My husband and I are so thrilled that Rabbi Brian was able to marry us, and we will continue to have Rabbi Brian a part of our special moments forever!
Rabbi Brian was so great, we definitely recommend him. He married us in our backyard. Communication was excellent. We had a few meetings before so he could get to know us and craft a custom ceremony fit to our needs and wants. We incorporated some jewish traditions while removing and modernizing others. Everyone loved the ceremony; he explained the meaning of everything, and kept it short and sweet. The wedding happened to fall on Rosh Hashanah and he was still willing to do it!
We hired Rabbi Brian after both of our rabbis told us they would not marry us on a Saturday night in the summer. Rabbi Brian was super flexible and made the whole process easy. All of our guests raved about our ceremony and said it was so nice. We asked Rabbi Brian to keep our ceremony around 25 minutes so that we wouldn't melt in the sun and he did just that! He also lead a private moment during our Ketubah signing which had my husband and I in tears. It was one of the highlights of our day! You can't go wrong with Rabbi Brian, he is kind, well spoken, flexible and truly cares about his couples.
Rabbi Brian did a wonderful job making our wedding ceremony feel special. He put in the time to get to know us, both as individuals and a couple. He also did a great job of explaining jewish traditions to our guests, many of whom had never attended a jewish wedding. We recommend Rabbi Brian without hesistation!
Brian is outstanding. He is professional, answers back calls and emails right away, the value of the service was amazing. He was a perfect choice for my husband and I. He took the time to get to know us, share our life with him, etc. We never felt rushed in this experience. He was so understanding with questions we had, our life, and what we were looking for. He was thorough and in all our conversations leading up to the big day, he was right by our side. We would recommend him in a heartbeat. Best choice.
Rabbi Denker really made our wedding memorable. He officiated our multi-denominational wedding with my wifes minister. He was so organized and really came through with unique readings that made us feel special but still traditional enough to make our parents happy. He cares. He was attentive. I wouldnt ever think twice about booking a different rabbi. Thank you so much for everything!
Response from the Vendor on 12/14/2022
Thank you Aaron for the kind words! Wishing you and Alanna all the best in the coming year and always! Happy Holidays!
Rabbi Brian was the absolute perfect officiant for our Mexican-Jewish wedding! It was important to me to have a Jewish wedding, but my husband is not Jewish and did not convert. It was difficult to find a Rabbi to marry us, especially one who would not require us to commit to raising our children Jewish and have Judaism be the only religion around the house - a commitment that we were not ready to make.
We really wanted to incorporate Mexican tradition into our ceremony and Rabbi Brian did a stellar job at this - not only seamlessly incorporating the specific traditions we mentioned but also making other suggestions that ended up being total hits, like having our mariachi band play Siman Tov u Mazel Tov after we broke the glass! He was lighthearted and funny, but not too funny (as one of our guests put it). So many of our guests raved about the ceremony and specifically about how great Rabbi Brian was - and this came from both our Jewish and non-Jewish friends and family.
It was also wonderful to work with a Rabbi who felt closer in age & tradition to us than our grandparents (lol)! From the beginning, we felt like Rabbi Brian understood what we wanted and that he could relate to us. The entire process of getting to know each other and crafting our ceremony was easy and enjoyable. He broke things down into easy choices and decisions, was super flexible, and gave us many opportunities to make things more or less traditional where we wanted to. We also had a last-minute change to our ceremony that Rabbi Brian took in stride and executed perfectly and without asking us any questions, which was SO appreciated with all of the craziness of our wedding day.
We are so happy we found Rabbi Brian. It was a blessing to have him officiate our wedding. Overall, we could not recommend Rabbi Brian enough, and we hope to work with him again for future Lifecycle events!
Rabbi Brian Denker created a very memorable and outstanding wedding ceremony! He was very responsive from start to finish. There were many great things said by family and friends on how great the ceremony was and how he did a fantastic job! I highly recommend Rabbi Brian Denker. I know for myself I am forever grateful.
Response from the Vendor on 07/18/2022
Wishing you and Scott all the best! It was my absolute pleasure to take part in your special day!
Rabbi Brian was wonderful! He co-oficiated with a family member of ours and was able to create a special, personal ceremony for us. Throughout the process he was kind and patient - he took the time to walk us through all of the Jewish traditions and their explanations, which allowed us to zero in on elements that were especially meaningful to us. Thank you!
Response from the Vendor on 06/28/2022
It was a pleasure being able to share in the celebration and journey to the chuppah with you and Kevin. Wishing you both the best always.
Rabbi Brian took the time to get to know us individually and as a couple to make our ceremony really special and personal to what we looking for. He was so thoughtful in his sermon and helped guide the day. Rabbi Brian was also extremely flexible and helpful throughout the day, easing our stress beyond measure. We cannot recommend Rabbi Brian enough!
Rabbi Denker officiated our wedding and he made the event a wonderful experience. He was both engaging, funny, and entertaining. Exactly what we were searching for in our ceremony. He took the time to meet with us multiple times and customize every aspect of the ceremony to our beliefs and wishes. We received many compliments about him from the guests after the wedding as well. Highly recommend!!! Overall, an amazing Rabbi!
Rabbi Brian was professional, creative and flexible in creating the ceremony for my daughter and son-in-law he brought meaning and traditions to the moment. I highly recommend him.
Rabbi Brian not only was one of the most responsive people we worked with toward planning our special day but he lead a ceremony that was fun, having our guests laughing throughout and ushered in some very meaningful and memorable moments for my husband and I. Many of our guests asked where we found such a great Rabbi. I wholeheartedly recommend Rabbi Brian for your wedding.
Rabbi Brian Denker created a beautiful interfaith ceremony with Pastor Marilyn Harris. Rabbi Denker worked very hard to incorporate traditions of the Jewish and Christian faith around our story as a couple to create a unique, meaningful service. We received many compliments from guests on how seamlessly they wove together the various traditions. We greatly appreciated Rabbi Denker's attention to detail and how communicative he was with us to create the ceremony of our dreams.
Rabbi Brian Denker was recommended to us after a last minute change with our planned officiant. Although we were stressed about switching officiants a week before the wedding, he made sure that we got to video chat beforehand and get to know each other. He did a wonderful job and our ceremony was beautiful! We would definitely recommend him!
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serving NYC Long Island , NJ & New York Metropolitan area.
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Rabbi Brian Denker
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As an openly Gay Rabbi, I work with Jewish, Interfaith and Same-sex couples and families across all life-cycle events, helping to create memories that will last a lifetime while continuing to bind us to the rituals & traditions of our people passed down from generation to generation.
I am an active member of the International Federation of Rabbis and a Chaplain with the New York State Chaplain Taskforce & Chaplain Member of the New York State Fraternal Order of Police working as a leading voice and advocate for policies and programs of greater diversity, acceptance, and inclusion for all.
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