||Manuel, the daughter of Filipino immigrants, learned how to cook kosher meals and began going to Jewish services with Grant. She began the process of converting to Judaism and he, though more hesitant, started coming around to the idea. In late February, Manuel completed her conversion to Judaism and two weeks later, on March 13, the couple wed before 88 friends and relatives at the Willard Hotel. Brenda Manuel and Jonathan Grant deemed their March 13 wedding a "Fewish" event that would combine elements of her Filipino heritage with his family's Jewish background. "We've been together so long, we want to make it about the family," she said before the big day. The music: Millennium, a local party band, got the couple's 88 guests on the dance floor with the hora, followed by a set of oldies.||
