Elizabeth Pauline Blum became the bride of Dr. Ira Savetsky Nov. 22 in New York City.

Elizabeth Pauline Blum and Ira Lee Savetsky were married Nov. 22, 2009 in New York City’s historic Roosevelt Hotel.

The bride is the daughter of Laurie and Marvin Blum of Fort Worth.  The groom is the son of Aliza and Richard Savetsky of Long Island, New York.

In the ancient Hebrew tradition, the wedding festivities began with separate cocktail buffet receptions honoring the bride and groom.  After the witnessing of the Ketubah marriage contract at the groom’s tish, Ira was escorted with great fanfare to bless and veil Elizabeth at the bride’s badeken.

The wedding ceremony followed, officiated by the bride’s great uncle, Rabbi Leonard Oberstein.  The bride’s gown of tulle with ivory lace overlay, trimmed with Swarovski crystals and pearls, was designed by Pronovias of Barcelona.  The bride accented her gown with an heirloom brooch from her great grandmother and namesake, Pauline Oberstein.  The bridesmaids were gowned in navy satin designed by Vera Wang.

 Maid of onor was the bride’s lifelong best friend, Sari Hochberger.  Bridesmaids included the bride’s cousins, Dr. Lisa Usdan Portnoy and Aimee Adler, and friends Jennifer Freeman, Lauren Friedman, Lauren Last, Drew Schmidt and Ashley Smith.

Along with their parents, the couple were joined under the chupah wedding canopy by the bride’s grandmother, Elsie Blum; the bride’s brother, Adam Blum; the groom’s sister and brother-in-law, Miriam and Avi Kestenbaum; the groom’s brother, Dr. Michael Savetsky; and the groom’s nephews, Eli and Joseph Kestenbaum, who served as ring bearers.

 A seated dinner followed the ceremony, where guests danced to the music of the Neginah orchestra.

 The bride is a 2004 graduate of Fort Worth’s Trinity Valley School and earned her B.A. degree from New York University, summa cum laude, in 2008.  After completing a post-graduate fellowship in Judaic studies at Neve Yerushalayim in Israel, she now is pursuing a master’s degree in multicultural education at the University of Pennsylvania.

 The groom is a third-year medical student at Temple University.  He graduated from CUNY Queens College, magna cum laude, with a B.A. in economics.  His college honors include membership in Phi Beta Kappa.

 After honeymooning in the Caribbean, the couple are residing in Philadelphia.