iPhone apps redefine religious worship

Rabbi Jason Miller of Michigan regularly officiates Jewish weddings, festive affairs steeped in thousands of years of tradition. But recently, Miller witnessed a unique phenomenon while presiding at a ceremony in Detroit: a wedding that simultaneously integrated two locations separated by thousands of miles and seven time zones.

Make no mistake: the affair still included time-honored customs such as the groom crushing a glass beneath his foot while shouting "mazel tov," and the traditional Horah dance where patrons form a circle and sway to the beat of "Hava Nagila."

But through the use of technology, the bride's grandparents and more than 100 of their guests watched the entire ceremony and reception in real time — from a reception hall in Israel.

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