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How to Be a Jew ... Who Says Yes to the Dress

JL;DR SUMMARY Pnina Tornai, renowned Israeli wedding dress designer and star of TLC's 'Say Yes to the Dress,' discusses her unexpected journey from Paris to becoming a global fashion icon and her integral role in showcasing Israeli creativity on the world stage. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Spiritual SignificanceBridal IndustryJewish WeddingsIsraeli DesignersDivine InspirationIsraeli RepresentationPnina TornaiWedding FashionSay Yes To The DressBridal Culture

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California, United States
"but sadly in california it's one of the cloudiest months of the year so every june i'm always just like feeling kind of bad for the brides who are like oh my great june wedding and then it's cloudy and drizzly did you know that about california"
Israel
"Fun fact and i don't think a lot of people know this but like the wedding dress industry in israel is lit there are a lot of incredible israeli wedding dress designers and they've made it here why like why did that wind up being a pocket of success"
Jerusalem, Israel
"I have to say that I've never thank God Knock on wood Thank God I've never encountered any hostile or you know unpleasant reaction from anyone due to the fact that I'm Israeli I even had a bride yesterday who I was serving I was helping And she asked me where I was from She said where are you from And I knew that She Was from you know that she was from a country that wasn't I could I could hear I could hear their language They were Persians And so I said well I'm from Israel And all of a sudden She and her group just froze like okay I'm in an Israeli gown now What do I do But she fell in love with the gowns"
Paris, France
"I came from paris to israel so there there was nothing in the wedding industry nothing nothing at all there were two stores that used to sell dresses for brides so you know brides in israel before their wedding they go down to the beach and they take their pictures"
Berkeley, California, United States
"Berkeley Moshav is a multi-generational Jewish co-housing community located in the heart of Berkeley California Berkeley Moshav is a vibrant community of kids elders and everyone in between participating together as neighbors in the rhythms of Jewish life"

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