Cafe Brauer

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Reception

We (Jonah and Becca) will be sending texts throughout the weekend for anyone who’s interested! We’ll only send texts the weekend of the wedding and texts will include information like addresses for auxiliary events, timing, any COVID/weather changes, etc.(Please select “student” when prompted!)

We're so excited to celebrate with you! 

***In order to keep things as safe for everyone as possible, we are requiring that everyone above the age of 5 be fully vaccinated (with at least one booster for those over 12) before attending our wedding. Please feel free to email us at jonahbecca22@gmail.com with any questions and thank you in advance!***

Our Wedding

After finishing undergrad in 2015, we decided to spend a year in Israel teaching English in Rishon LeZion through a Masa program. Either by fate or because our program coordinator thought we would be a good fit, we were placed to live in the same apartment for a year. We quickly bonded and became close friends after waking up at 3 am to watch the Michigan-Maryland football game. After an impromptu trip to Prague over Chanukah, we realized our connection was more than just a friendship.   We were inseparable for the rest of the year looking for every excuse possible to travel, explore, and eat hummus together. Our program ended and we weren’t quite sure where we stood; Jonah was moving back to Chicago while Becca was making a short stop in the States before moving to Denmark for a year. After a year of being inseparable, we weren’t sure what would happen when we were suddenly completely separated. Despite the time difference, daily facetimes kept us close and we knew that a year apart was longer than we ever wanted to be away from each other again.    After Denmark, Becca moved to Chicago where we’ve lived ever since. We moved in together in 2018, adopted the cutest dog ever in 2020, and later that year took a road trip to New Hampshire for a month. There, Jonah wanted to surprise Becca with his Grandma’s engagement ring at the top of a mountain after a hike. His main hints were that he wanted it to be a “fancy hike” up the mountain to take good pictures at the top. Becca repeatedly stressed she had no interest in a fancy hike on a 90 degree summer day. At the top of Mount Major with the perfect view and Kaya in hand, Jonah proposed and Becca said yes.    After two years of thinking about our wedding and almost two years of putting off planning our wedding, we are incredibly ready to celebrate our relationship in a Jewish ceremony on July 31st at Cafe Brauer with friends and family.

Our Story

Auxiliary Events

We will be hosting an aufruf the Saturday morning before our wedding! (Here’s a short description of an aufruf …) Weather depending, this event will take place on the Hyatt Wicker Park hotel rooftop at 11am and will be followed by a casual kiddish with food, drinks, and lawn games at a nearby park! Everyone is invited - we’d love to see you there! (Dress will be casual)

Aufruf

Hotel Blocks

The Hyatt Place Chicago/Wicker Park is our primary room block and will be our meeting point for transportation that Sunday! It's conveniently located right off the highway in Wicker Park and includes a beautiful rooftop bar, not to mention the wide variety of bars, restaurants, trails, etc. within walking distance!

Hyatt Place Chicago / Wicker Park

Aloft is located on the famous Magnificent Mile, which hosts some of the best shopping in the city! It's about a 15 min. drive from the venue and very doable by Uber, public transportation, etc.

Aloft Chicago Mag Mile

Hotel Lincoln is located less than a half mile from our wedding venue, Cafe Brauer, and holds one of our favorite rooftop bars, the J Parker!

Hotel Lincoln

<a href="https://www.lollapalooza.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lollapalooza </a>, an annual four-day music festival in Chicago, is the weekend of 7/29! If you are not staying at one of these three hotels, we recommend staying somewhere west or north of downtown to avoid any festival traffic.

Jonah & Becca

Jonah & Becca

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