We are tickled to announce that our friends at G-dcast have just released a series of adorable new animated shorts all about Jewish lifecycle events, from weddings to baby namings to funerals. You’ll find them all around our site, starting right here on this page. We hope you enjoy these as much as we do!

1. Why We Break the Glass at Jewish Weddings:

2. What is a Huppah All About?

3. All about the Ketubah, the Jewish Marriage Contract:

4. How to Dance a Hora:

5. Read about the Gomel, the blessing for new moms:

6. How to help a friend in mourning:

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