The Wedding Party

Josh Levinson

Gideon's Best Man

1. Josh hates fire trucks and toys that talk 2. Josh knows the make and model of every car you have ever owned 3. Josh is Gideon's favorite best man

Michael Rosenblum

Jacob's Best Man

1. Jacob tried to trip Michael on a tile floor when he first learned to walk 2. Michael collects already-built model airplanes 3. Michael and Jacob often get mistaken for identical twins

Noah Levinson

Gideon's Best Man

1. Noah can play the guitar, drums, piano, harmonica, melodica, trombone, mandolin, and bass 2. The first time Gideon flew alone on an airplane was in high school to visit Noah after he moved to Boston 3. Noah is Gideon's favorite best man

Marissa Berkley

Jacob's Bridesmaid

1. Marissa is Appalachia’s biggest fan 2. Marissa is Jacob's OG work wife and they worked together in Chicago for 5 years 3. Marissa is a competitive bird caller and won national titles in 2016 and 2018

Simon Levinson

Gideon's Best Man

1. Simon would ditch his friends in high school to babysit his baby brother, Gideon. What a loser 2. At 12 years old, Gideon wrote and performed an original 10-minute song for Simon when he left for a 6-month trip to Europe. And in return, Simon didn't write Gideon any letters 3. Simon is Gideon's favorite best man

Samantha Blumberg

Jacob's Bridesmaid

1. Everyone else calls her Sam but Jacob insists on calling her Samantha. And Gideon does too 2. Her favorite fast food chain is Hooters 3. Samantha’s mom supervised Jacob at his college internship

Rachel Berlin

Gideon's Bridesmaid

1. Because Rachel lives in Denver, Gideon chose to add the University of Colorado to his residency application list of 70 programs. If it weren't for Rachel, Jacob and Gideon wouldn't have become mountain girlies 2. Rachel's aunt is Joumana from the billboards 3. Rachel and Gideon's friendship blossomed in college but they both knew vaguely of each other since the 4th grade

Phillip Dean

Jacob's Bridesmaid

1. Phillip drives a red convertible Mustang (with no cup holders) 2. Phillip once lived in New York City 3. Phillip didn't trust Jacob when they first met in the Gay Men's Chorus because he thought he was just "some twink"

Erik Carlson

Gideon's Bridesmaid

1. Erik and Gideon lived 7 houses apart during the first year of medical school 2. He writes poetry on medical blogs 3. Erik has lived in New York, Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Mississippi

Bella Greenberg

Jacob's Bridesmaid

1. Bella is a prominent anti-vax activist 2. Bella took Jacob to her senior prom and asked him by having the high school drum line perform at lunch 3. She helped pass a law with the ACLU that made it so businesses must allow people with Crohn's to use their restrooms without purchasing an item

Steven Goicochea

Gideon's Bridesmaid

1. Steven met Gideon on the first day of medical school small group and helped him tie his tie 2. A budding otolaryngologist, Steven has a pet goldfish named Trachea 3. A Cali boy, Steven knows how to surf but isn't in your face about it

Julia Greenberg

Jacob's Bridesmaid

1. Jacob hated Julia when she moved across the street at 9 years old because he thought she was going to steal his other friend on the block 2. Julia is a strong advocate of low-density car-dependent development 3. Jacob took Julia to his senior prom and he asked her by playing her Bat Mitzvah slideshow over the morning news

Simon Kaufman

Gideon's Bridesmaid

1. Simon is the first new friend Gideon made in college after they inadvertently shared 3 of their 4 classes freshman year 2. Gideon hosted Simon for holidays in Michigan, they hosted each other when they both lived in Chicago, and now Simon hosts Gideon (& Jacob) for Rosh HaShana in Denver 3. Gideon visited Simon in Barcelona where he studied abroad

Kayla Griffith

Jacob's Bridesmaid

1. You can watch Kayla die of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy in Chicago Med on Netflix 2. Neither Kayla nor Jacob remember how they met 3. Kayla played lacrosse at Northwestern but stepped away for personal reasons

Jeremy Klapper

Gideon's Bridesmaid

1. Jeremy took a served tennis ball to the ball sack when he was a ball boy at the US Open (yes it was on camera and yes, he made a swift recovery) 2. Jeremy met Gideon when they were lab partners in organic chemistry after Gideon found out Jeremy was Jewish 3. Jeremy has a wife, six children, and an acre of land in Western Pennsylvania

Maia Griffith

Jacob's Bridesmaid

1. Maia loves the hustle, bustle, and noise of the big city 2. When Jacob moved to Denver, Maia took over his job teaching high schoolers about philanthropy. The students much prefer her teaching styles 3. Maia posts vacation pictures at least 6 months after she goes on said vacation

Katy Willens Levinson

Gideon's Bridesmaid

1. Katy has been Gideon's sister (in-law) for more than ⅔ of his life 2. Katy took Gideon to the Glee concert when he was 15 and 'heterosexual' 3. Katy is definitely a witch and nobody talks about it enough

Kayla Garvy

Jacob's Bridesmaid

1. Jacob's grandparents (Rhoda & Charlie) couldn't pronounce Kayla's maiden name 'Lorberbaum' so they called her 'Kayla Blah-blah-blah' 2. Jacob wasn't invited to Kayla's Bat Mitzvah 3. Kayla helped convince Jacob to move to Denver and then promptly moved to North Carolina a few months later

Arlo Levinson

Junior Groomsman & Flower Boy

1. Arlo has stuffed giraffes named Clamendadin, Mamendadin, and Babendidin 2. Arlo just went through a bad breakup and is looking forward to putting himself out there 3. Arlo has vibrato when he sings

Frankie Hamburger

Jacob's Bridesmaid

1. Frankie is short for Franklin 2. Frankie is not Jewish but her son goes to Jewish preschool and calls Jacob and Gideon to wish them a Shabbat Shalom 3. Jacob and Frankie met on the first day of their college preorientation program

Louiza Levinson

Junior Bridesmaid & Ring Beareress

1. Louiza and Gideon are named after the same person - Lou is named after her Great-Grandpapa Louie and Gideon's middle name is Ezra, which was his Papa Louie's Hebrew name 2. Louiza once tried to convince Gideon and Jacob that Kidz Bop versions of songs are better than the originals; she has since apologized 3. Louiza was born when Gideon was a senior in high school and Gideon has not stopped talking about her since

Jenny Halpern

Jacob's Bridesmaid

1. Jacob has been to Passover seder at Jenny's parents house 5 times 2. Jenny used to get Jacob free lunch at the LinkedIn office when she worked there and then rudely moved to an office that doesn't have a free cafeteria 3. Jenny believes that consulting will change the world

Alex Linse

Gideon's Bridesmaid

1. Alex hates Taylor Swift and would never travel across the ocean to see her perform 2. Alex is Gideon's co-resident and they are not allowed to be in an OR together because when they both yell at surgeons at the same time, they explode 3. Alex sews his own scrub caps

Elisabeth Morales

Jacob's Bridesmaid

1. Jacob and Elisabeth work together at Rose and she is his current work husband. Someone in their office anonymously reported Jacob for spending too much time at Elisabeth's desk 2. Elisabeth loves golf randomly 3. Elisabeth and Jacob have run two marathons together

Dale Lobo

Gideon's Bridesmaid

1. Dale spends his days looking at vaginas that aren't his wife and she's...okay with it? 2. Dale has the juiciest pecs in the wedding party 3. One of Dale's daughters, Siena, is an honorary groomsman

Corey Rabus

Jacob's Bridesmaid

1. Corey is a bass in the Denver Gay Men's Chorus 2. He sees multiple dead bodies every day 3. Corey went to Columbine High School and Jacob and Gideon remind him of this constantly

Paige Negoro

Gideon's Bridesmaid

1. Paige coached her medical school's basketball team 2. Paige was set up on a blind date with Jeremy Lin 3. Every time Paige comes to your house, she brings grapes

Jeremy White

Jacob's Bridesmaid

1. Jeremy met Jacob in 8th-grade Spanish class and they became friends by pranking their teacher 2. He played Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof in high school 3. Jeremy is a proud convert to Judaism

Marc Schlessel

Gideon's Bridesmaid

1. Marc called Gideon 'Nachos' in college and famously could eat a gordo burrito every day and not get sick. The two are unrelated. 2. Marc's sends detailed diaries of his travels that most consist of the meals he ate 3. Marc and Gideon met while playing pick-up basketball in college

Jay Rosenblum

Jacob's Dad

1. Jay spent multiple summers as a waiter on Fire Island in the 80s 2. As a child, Jay took opera lessons and he would sing with his mother, Jacob's Grandma Rhoda 3. At age 18, Jay drove for a New York taxi service

Leah Shepherd

Gideon's Bridesmaid

1. Leah is a tenor and can sing lower than Gideon 2. Leah and Jacob hit it off immediately the first time they met 3. When working at Tamarack, Gideon asked Leah to get chicken fingers on a night off and Leah said no because she thought it was a date

Robin Rosenblum

Jacob's Mom

1. Robin sent the kids' high school principal to the hospital in an ambulance 2. She has slow danced with a president of the United States. 3. Robin has run a few half marathons, but plans on completing a full marathon on 2025. Proud of you Robin!

Darian Roffe Willis

Gideon's Bridesmaid

1. Darian's hair is naturally straight and she curls it daily 2. Darian and Gideon were roommates when they taught English in Israel 3. Gideon signed Darian's ketubah at her wedding

Marty Levinson

Gideon's Dad

1. Dr. Marty is a well-renowned pediatrician and growing up Gideon had intended to follow in his footsteps until he completed his pediatric rotation and realized clinic was kinda boring (sorry dad) 2. Marty tap-danced on TV at 12 years old 3. Gideon has only seen his dad without a mustache once in his life

Shira Wolf

Gideon's Bridesmaid

1. As a musical producer, Shira almost let hundreds of posters go to print with her name listed as 'Shirpa Wolf' 2. Shira and Gideon were enemies for 6 years before they became inseparable and bonded over annoying freshman in their senior musical. A real-life Glinda & Elphaba 3. Shira had to duct tape Gideon's pants when he ripped them doing the splits in his high school production of The Drowsy Chaperone

Elise Levinson

Gideon's Mom

1. Elise started college at 17 years old. She studied art history and history and got her MSW by 23 2. Elise tries with all her might, but she just can't figure out how to whistle 3. Since retiring from a career in special education, she became a tour guide at the Detroit Institute of Arts

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