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Sofia Richie wedding: Former Westminster rabbi officiated star-studded ceremony

Sofia converted to Judaism and said: 'It was very important to Elliot’s family and to me, that it be a traditional Jewish ceremony'

April 25, 2023 14:53
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Rabbi Thomas Salamon, an emeritus rabbi of Westminster Synagogue in London, officiated at a star-studded wedding ceremony for model and designer Sofia Richie, 24, youngest daughter of the singer Lionel Richie, and the music business executive Elliot Grainge.

The traditionally Jewish wedding took place in Antibes, in the south of France at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc. Sofia converted to Judaism and told vogue.com that “It was very important to Elliot’s family and to me, now that I’ve converted, that it be a traditional Jewish ceremony.

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“Legally we had to get married in the States beforehand, so right before [we left for France], we got married at home with just our parents. We read our vows then because we felt it was very personal, something for just our families to hear and experience in the privacy of our home.”