Jewish Dating: WEEK AHEAD
Singles mingle at Dating Express BRIDGEWATER: Jewish Dating Express, originally scheduled for Feb. 22 but postponed due to inclement weather, has been rescheduled for tomorrow. During the two-hour session, open to all Jewish singles ages 20 to 50, participants meet and talk to other singles one-on-one for seven minutes each. At the end of the evening, there will be time to mingle and nosh. The session is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Shaman...
Jewish Dating: Seeking love?
You've got to be quick
In the Orthodox Jewish community a woman known as the shadchan introduces men and women for the purposes of dating and marriage. But the new matchmaker in town is Lauren Levy, a 20-something Jewish activist fresh from a conference in New York armed with the latest fad in the world of Jewish dating: SpeedDating, a particularly swift method of finding love.No more nerve-racking approaches in smoky bars or putting up with a date who has halitosis for three hours.SpeedDaters turn up to a...
Jewish Dating: DATING SERVICES! OY! LOVE NOT SO HARD, YENTAS SAY
Twin Cities singletons have paid dating service fees up to $5,000 for the chance to make a love connection, according to a recent two-part investigation by Pioneer Press reporter Allison Kaplan. Though it may seem like lunacy to spend that much for lunch with a stranger, Jean Bundt, co-owner of the Jewish Dating Service in St. Louis Park, prefers a different word: "Meshugeh," Bundt says. "Not to be badmouthing, but I can't believe...
Jewish Dating: COURT WILL DECIDE WHETHER TRUE LOVE HAS HIGHER COST
A Lauderhill couple matched by a Jewish dating service say it's wrong for them to have to pay extra for a date that ended in marriage.The Fourth District Court of Appeal on Wednesday agreed to hear the case of Charles and Jodi Sternfield, who have been ordered twice by judges to pay a $2,400 matchmaker fee to Jewish Introductions. ''We're hopefully going to get this issue resolved in the state of Florida once and for...
Jewish Dating: Love: It's such a deal,
You're Jewish and single and looking to meet someone? We know these two old-fashioned matchmakers, and have they got a match for you. So call, already.
The hands flail, the eyebrows raise, the wide eyes glow. "Oy! That's it!" Bobbie Goldfarb exults. Twenty-one years, 282 marriages and 500 babies . . . and she still can't contain herself when she thinks she's found the perfect match. "God, it's so right!" exclaims Goldfarb, the founder of Jewish Dating Service in St. Louis Park. She jumps to her feet and grabs the hands of her longtime...