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Turning your love story
into a sacred moment
Liberal Jewish weddings and B-Mitzvah ceremonies should feel deeply personal, moving, and unmistakably yours.
Together, we will create an unforgettable Liberal Jewish service that honors your story, your values, and the people you love.
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Turning your love story
into a sacred moment
Liberal Jewish weddings and B-Mitzvah ceremonies should feel deeply personal, moving, and unmistakably yours.
Together, we will create an unforgettable Liberal Jewish service that honors your story, your values, and the people you love.
Turning your love story
into a sacred moment
Liberal Jewish weddings and B-Mitzvah ceremonies should feel deeply personal, moving, and unmistakably yours.
Together, we will create an unforgettable Liberal Jewish service that honors your story, your values, and the people you love.
Jewish holidays, Kabbalat Shabbat services, and community events • 60 Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremonies each year • 40 weddings each year • 10 LGBTQ+ weddings each year •
Meet Rabbi Naomi Efrat
Hello, I’m Rabbi Naomi Efrat—an Israeli Reform rabbi, community leader, and experienced officiant. I create and lead egalitarian Jewish weddings, alternative chuppah ceremonies, destination weddings in Israel and Europe, and Reform Jewish life-cycle ceremonies that bring together tradition, spirituality, and a deeply personal experience.
I believe that life’s most meaningful transitions deserve sensitive, creative, and thoughtful guidance. A wedding ceremony, Bar Mitzvah, or Bat Mitzvah can be more than a beautiful event: it can become a profound and life-changing moment. Every person is on a journey of growth, and I am here to accompany you through its most important milestones.
Linoy and Tomer
From our very first phone call with Rabbi Naomi Efrat, we instantly clicked. The vibe was warm, easy, and fun, and the connection felt immediate.
Rabbi Naomi took us through a thoughtful process of exploring our relationship so that our story could come through in the most moving and authentic way during the chuppah. On the wedding day, she was incredibly attentive and grounding. She made us feel calm, joyful, and completely at ease.
The wedding ceremony was magical and emotional, while still feeling light, natural, and effortless. Two days after the wedding, we’re still getting nonstop compliments about a chuppah that moved people to tears, created an intimate atmosphere, and brought our guests even closer to us and our story.
We wholeheartedly recommend Rabbi Naomi to any couple looking for a ceremony that feels fresh, different, deeply personal, and unforgettable. We’re so grateful we had the chance to go through this process with her.
Lily and Eden
Naomi was absolutely wonderful! She guided us through the entire process and officiated our wedding ceremony with incredible warmth, sensitivity, and grace.
The ceremony was beautiful—we were deeply moved. One moment that really stood out was how naturally and thoughtfully Naomi handled an unexpected situation when my father suddenly wanted to say a few words during the ceremony. She embraced the moment with such calm and kindness that it became a meaningful part of the experience.
Throughout all of our meetings, Naomi was patient, understanding, and a pleasure to talk to. My partner was quite nervous about both the wedding ceremony and the preparation process at first, but after our first conversations with Naomi, all of those worries disappeared.
We are so grateful that Naomi married us. She created a ceremony that felt exactly like us: religious, traditional, egalitarian, family-centered, personal. Our ketubah beautifully reflected our values, and it continues to do so today.
We wholeheartedly recommend Naomi to any couple looking for an officiant who will make their wedding feel authentic, meaningful, and unforgettable.
Jenny Shalev
Thank you for the moving Bar Mitzvah ceremony you created for our son. You listened carefully, flowed with every request, and moved both us and our guests. During the learning process, you found exactly the right approach for preparing a child raised in California for a Hebrew Bar Mitzvah. In a short time, you helped him develop a meaningful D’var Torah connected to everyday life. Most importantly, our son enjoyed the ceremony - and so did the entire family, including the younger children whom you included beautifully. Thank you for an unforgettable and powerful experience.
Maya and Gil
Do not think twice about choosing Naomi. Beyond the wonderful connection we formed, we received endless compliments about the chuppah and about Naomi herself. We came to her after a long search for someone who felt right for us. She brought who we are as a couple into the ceremony with complete authenticity. She is a winning combination of emotion, lightness, professionalism, and heart. The process itself was joyful and profound, helping us connect to the meaning of our marriage and articulate values that will accompany us. From the first day, Naomi gave us a sense of comfort and calm. It was perfect.
Reform and Egalitarian Jewish Weddings
In Israel and Europe
You have imagined the moment when you will stand beneath the chuppah, surrounded by the people you love and more excited than ever. You want the ceremony to make room for your love: an egalitarian Jewish wedding that includes your guests, celebrates your relationship in your own language, and welcomes every identity, gender, and family. A ceremony can be open, Jewish, modern, traditional, and entirely your own.
Bar and Bat Mitzvah Ceremonies in Israel
During the Bar or Bat Mitzvah journey, I bring together each child’s interests and hopes with the family’s wishes for the ceremony. The goal is to build a genuine connection with your child and create an egalitarian, liberal Jewish ceremony rooted in tradition while remaining true to who your child is. Together, we adapt every element to your family’s character, needs, and Jewish story.
