In what will likely be the first such occasion to take place in Alabama for several generations, a Chasidic Jewish wedding will be held at a suburban Birmingham hotel on Nov. 11.

Hundreds of people are expected to attend the union of Laibel Berkowitz of Detroit to local Chanie Posner, daughter of Chabad-Lubavitch of Alabama co-directors Rabbi Yossi and Fruma Posner. …