For the new couple about to embark on the construction of a faithful Jewish home, this night is once in a lifetime. For the staff at the wedding hall, it’s a logistical and diplomatic feat that gets repeated — with the same devotion to details — for every chassan and kallah,Master of Ceremonies,For the new couple about to embark on the construction of a faithful Jewish home, this night is once in a lifetime. For the staff at the wedding hall, it’s a logistical and diplomatic feat that gets repeated — with the same devotion to details — for every
IT’S THEIR NIGHT Every piece of flatware is polished and every glass is buffed before it’s laid on the table — but the details are the manager’s headache so the new couple can focus on the importance of the event
H e’s a master of many trades — event coordinator team director diplomat comedian and handyman. But if you’d ask Shulem Schwartz to describe his job he’ll tell you it comes together in one role at one place night after joyous night.
Shulem Schwartz works as the manager of The Palace wedding hall. At this Brooklyn venue one of New York’s busiest simchah halls since its inauguration in January 2010 Shulem presides over an operation that spans the clock keeping calm and focused as a tide of emotion sweeps over his clients.
But it takes a lot more than organizational skills to pull off a successful wedding. In his years on the job Shulem has honed his innate diplomatic improvisational and negotiation skills. More often than not those talents prove invaluable at this emotionally fraught time.
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