Jewish weddings give a filmmaker everything: ancient ritual, family at the center, and a celebration that builds to one of the most joyful moments in any culture, the Hora. We have filmed Jewish weddings across Chicago’s gardens, ballrooms, and lofts, and every one of these traditions deserves a camera that knows it is coming.

Filming Jewish Wedding Traditions

A Jewish wedding tells its story through ritual, and each one carries centuries of meaning. The quiet intimacy of the ketubah signing before the ceremony. The bedeken, when the groom veils the bride. Vows under the chuppah, often built or draped by the family itself, with the circling, the kiddush cup, and the Sheva Brachot, the seven blessings. Then the moment every guest waits for: the breaking of the glass and the roar of “Mazel tov!” At the reception, the Hora lifts the couple above the crowd, the blessings of the wine and challah open the meal, and the dance floor rarely rests after that. We film with two cameras through the ceremony so that the traditions and the reactions to them, the grandparents’ faces during the blessings, the friends gripping chair legs during the Hora, are both part of the film.

Jewish Weddings We Have Filmed

Watch Jennifer & Josh’s ceremony on the Rose Terrace of the Chicago Botanic Garden, with ten seconds of silence before “Moon River” and a Hora lifted by their whole village. See Lauren & Andy’s ketubah signing in the Gold Coast Room at The Drake, Dana & Kit’s two-film love story, Allie & Nick’s Hora at the InterContinental, a stunning celebration at Morgan MFG, and Taylor & Elan’s summer wedding at the Botanic Garden.

Jewish Wedding Videography FAQ

Do you have experience filming Jewish weddings?

Yes, many, from garden chuppahs to hotel ballrooms, Reform to traditional. We know the rituals, their order, and where to stand for each one without being asked.

How do you film the Hora?

With two cameras and quick feet. One stays wide to capture the circle and the lifted chairs, the other moves in close for the couple’s faces and the hands holding them up. It is often the most-rewatched sequence in the entire film.

Do you film the ketubah signing and bedeken?

Always, when they are part of the day. These quieter pre-ceremony rituals are some of the most intimate footage a Jewish wedding film can hold.

Can you coordinate with our rabbi or cantor?

Of course. We check placement and movement restrictions before the ceremony so our presence never intrudes on the ritual.

Planning a Jewish wedding in Chicago? We would be honored to film it. Check your date →