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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 363

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Matchmaker Aleeza Ben Shalom speaks to potential client Cindy Seni in Jerusalem in an episode of 'Jewish Matchmaking.' (Courtesy: Netflix)
April 30, 2023, 9:18 am
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a TV show? ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ set to hit Netflix
Aleeza Ben Shalom, the show’s Israeli-American star, says she hopes viewers around the globe will see Judaism as ‘something to look at, respect and feel something positive towards’
By Amy Spiro
Attendees at a matchmaking conference in Jerusalem listen to opening remarks from Aleeza Ben Shalom, April 23, 2023. (Amy Spiro/Times of Israel)
April 24, 2023, 1:35 pm
‘There’s somebody for everyone’: Dozens of matchmakers meet to swap tips in Jerusalem
Professional and amateur ‘shadchanim’ attend conference billed as first of its kind, while debating best practices on how to help others find their ‘bashert’
By Amy Spiro
Matchmaker Aleeza Ben Shalom on the first season of Netflix's 'Jewish Matchmaking.' (Courtesy: Netflix)
March 30, 2023, 9:04 pm
Netflix unveils first peek at upcoming ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ show
Set to premiere May 8, dating series featuring Israel-based ‘shadchan’ sees singles of varying religious backgrounds looking for love across continents
By Amy Spiro
The logo of the original UK version of dating game show "Love Island." (ITV2)
November 30, 2022, 5:04 pm
Popular dating show ‘Love Island’ headed to Israel
Israeli version will include 30 bachelors and bachelorettes in their 20s, who will be sent to an undisclosed location for two months of filming
By ToI Staff
Brennon Lemieux and Alexa Alfia right after meeting for the first time on season 3 of 'Love Is Blind.' (Patrick Wymore/Netflix)
November 17, 2022, 6:25 pm
First Jewish star of ‘Love is Blind’ says antisemitic threats only make her stronger
American-Israeli citizen Alexa Alfia found love and a husband after putting her identity at the forefront during her appearance on Netflix’s wildly popular reality dating show
By Amy Spiro
The 12 contestants on the debut season of Keshet's reality dating show 'The Group.' (Tal Givoni; Eran Levi)
November 9, 2022, 2:02 pm
In Israel everything is via WhatsApp – even a reality TV dating show
A new Keshet series titled ‘The Group’ brings 12 singles together, except they can only communicate via texting and voice notes
By Amy Spiro
Zipi Rosenblum, creator of 'Hungry For Love,' her latest reality dating TV series, this one for HOT (Courtesy Yael Kimhi)
June 15, 2022, 6:50 am
Every meal a date: In new TV show, singles never dine alone
‘Hungry For Love’ offers new twist on reality romance with mealtime rules
By Jessica Steinberg
Deborah Copaken undergoing sound bowl therapy in Kathmandu, July 2017 (Stephen Douglas Alexander)
July 31, 2021, 9:04 am
Photojournalist dodges death to build herself back up after her body breaks down
In ‘Ladyparts,’ Deborah Copaken laughs and cries through a decade of medical scares, divorce, financial struggles and sexual harassment in an America that routinely fails women
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Couple kissing at the light rail station on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on October 11, 2020 (Courtesy Nati Shohat/Flash 90)
February 14, 2021, 12:15 pm
Zoom me, maybe: Singles seeking love in a time of COVID find new ways to hook up
Many say finding a partner while socially distancing is a challenge, but being able to slow down and meet on video can have its upsides as well
By Jessica Steinberg
A child climbs onto the 'Ahava'/Love statue in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on December 21, 2006. In 1978, the American artist, Robert Indiana, created a 13-foot-tall steel sculpture. (Lara Hart /Flash90)
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
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative photo of online dating. (iStock/ SIphotography)
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
By Josefin Dolsten
A scene from ITV's "Singletown." (video screenshot)
October 17, 2019, 8:46 pm
Novel Israeli program among deluge of dating shows aimed at women
With female-geared programs proliferating worldwide, new Israeli reality format stirring international interest has drag queens mentoring single women as they search for love
By Fiachra GIBBONS
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at their wedding ceremony in Palo Alto, California on May 19, 2012 (AP/Facebook, Allyson Magda Photography)
May 1, 2018, 11:25 pm
Zuckerberg says Facebook to add dating service
New feature will aim at ‘real, long-term relationships, not just hook-ups,’ social media giant’s CEO says
By AFP
Chananya Weissman
March 18, 2018, 2:58 pm
Chananya Weissman
The senior singles crisis of 2040
When an efficient matchmaker stops getting to know her clients and just mixes and matches their names
Bea Slater's son Mitch convinced her to audition for the campaign. (Elaine Durbach/via JTA)
February 1, 2018, 3:40 am
Meet the 90-year-old great-grandmother who is the new face of JDate
Along with three other elderly women, Bea Slater is one of the tried and true ‘yentas’ representing the Jewish matchmaking site
By Elaine Durbach
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