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March 11, 2024, 12:16 pm
Israeli and Lebanese users of dating apps are made strange bedfellows by war-baffled GPS
Applications that match users based on their location have apparently been bamboozled by IDF jamming location signals, leading to unusual cross-border suggestions
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September 3, 2023, 5:09 pm
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August 24, 2023, 6:12 pm
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April 24, 2023, 1:35 pm
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July 12, 2021, 10:03 pm
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February 14, 2021, 12:15 pm
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September 19, 2020, 10:25 pm
Jewish dating app lets parents with a yen for grandkids set up adult children
JustKibbitz combines 21st century technology and Jewish moms’ tried-and-true yenta instincts to match offspring for a little light conversation, or prepaid first dates
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May 6, 2020, 3:12 pm
Young Jews are falling in love during the pandemic, without having met in person
Apps and groups from MeetJew University to CoronaCrush are romantic platforms to match the times — and have racked up tens of thousands of members in just weeks
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June 5, 2019, 4:21 am
Apps, social media fuel ‘booming’ online prostitution, study finds
Researchers say that in Israel, dating app Tinder is the most popular tool for finding prostitutes
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June 20, 2018, 7:16 pm
Bennett teased for proposing ‘world Jewish singles’ event in Israel
Education minister’s pre-Passover idea met with sneers, as social media users tell him to focus on schools; others say jokingly they would come ‘if there would be matzo balls’
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May 1, 2018, 11:25 pm
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February 1, 2018, 3:40 am
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December 15, 2017, 11:16 am
Journalist melts JSwipe with kitschy Hanukkah dress
Molly Tolsky uploads photos of herself in festive attire to a Jewish dating site — and gets some greasy responses
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Renee Ghert-Zand
December 6, 2017, 4:03 pm
Watch it here first: Modern Orthodox dating games in a new ‘Soon by You’
The season finale of the cult web comedy comes out Dec 6 — and along with an interview with creator Leah Gottfried, Times of Israel has the online premiere
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