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Israeli reserve soldiers kissing their wives goodbye in Jerusalem as they leave for their military service, May 5, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 14, 2026, 7:40 am
A match made in uniform: Couples forged in IDF find love is a battlefield
Amid early mornings, long deployments and the rigid boundaries of military life, some soldiers discover something the army never intended to provide — romance
By Stav Levaton
Online matchmaking has become a national pastime for Israelis who want to envision a life beyond war. (Collage by Grace Yagel/ JTA)
February 14, 2024, 9:09 am
Cupid fires a barrage of arrows as Israeli matchmaking skyrockets amid Gaza war
In a country already known for its citizens’ penchant for setting up strangers, the ongoing conflict is causing locals to spark romance on a new scale
By JTA and ToI Staff
Jeremy Jordan and Yael Grobglas are the stars of the new Hallmark movie 'Hanukkah on Rye.' (Pooya Nabei/Hallmark Media)
December 15, 2022, 2:20 am
Hallmark’s new Hanukkah movie is ‘perfect timing’ amid antisemitism spike, says star
Israeli actor Yael Grobglas had to brush up on US Jewish traditions to play Molly Spiegelman in ‘Hanukkah on Rye,’ a kitschy romcom about dueling deli owners on the Lower East Side
By Amy Spiro
Rotem Sela (right) and Naomi Levov of 'Bloody Mary,' from Yes Studios, which will launch its second season in 2024 (Courtesy Yes Studios)
September 4, 2022, 5:34 pm
Yes Studios greenlights a dramedy for 2nd season, sends another for UK adaptation
Unlikely relationships between neighbors and roommates’ exes form basis for returning shows
By Jessica Steinberg
The bride and groom, Ophir Haberer and Adi Aboody, exit the chuppah after the ceremony with family and friends applauding, June 4, 2022. (Luna Munn Photography)
August 16, 2022, 1:39 am
In California, a wilderness-inspired wedding celebration marries nature with Judaism
Adi Aboody and Ophir Haberer, who met through Wilderness Torah, a group of earth-focused Jews, mark their nuptials with an animal-skin ketubah and ‘first fruits’ altar
By Alix Wall
Nether Rabbi Amy Wallk nor Rabbi Mark Cohn had been looking for a relationship when they first met at the Shalom Hartman Institute in 2017. (Tamar Katz/ via JTA)
June 23, 2022, 3:09 am
Two rabbis, from two different denominations, get a second chance at love
After twice meeting at rabbinical seminars on opposite sides of the ocean, Amy Wallk and Mark Cohn realized that leading 2 congregations 700 miles apart couldn’t stop their romance
By Alix Wall
Ben and Julie Schreiber were married October 10, 2021, in Kirkland, Washington, under a huppah whose design incorporated blessings from their friends and wedding guests. (JennyGG Photography/ via JTA)
January 14, 2022, 10:44 pm
In a creative COVID union, wedding guests helped craft the huppah and ketubah
Wanting to be surrounded by loved ones but aware some may not feel safe attending, Julie Plaut Warwick and Ben Schreiber literally construct their canopy out of mailed-in blessings
By Alix Wall
The cast of 'Eight Gifts of Hanukkah,' premiering in 2021 on Hallmark. (Courtesy Hallmark)
November 28, 2021, 5:05 pm
Love, laughter, latkes: Hanukkah rom-coms are having a moment
With a new Hallmark film and multiple new romance novels out this year, American Jews have a greater chance of seeing the Festival of Lights reflected in popular culture
By Amy Spiro
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
Screenshot detail of the CoronaCrush group icon. (Facebook)
April 2, 2020, 2:40 pm
Seeking to spread the love, Jewish Facebook dating group goes viral
Even a global pandemic can’t stop a love life, for as CoronaCrush says, ‘Don’t isolate… it’s time to iso-date’
By Yaakov Schwartz
Dr. Frank Tallis, author of 'The Incurable Romantic.' (Courtesy)
October 29, 2019, 3:43 am
The tech age offers easy free love — but we’re hardwired for guilt, says author
With titillating psychoanalytic case studies, ‘The Incurable Romantic’ by Dr. Frank Tallis sparks new interest in humankind’s bittersweet relationship with matters of the heart
By JP O’ Malley
Israeli windsurfer Katy Spychakov (R) and her coach Pierre Loquet. (Israel Sailing Association)
October 23, 2019, 3:54 pm
Israeli Olympic windsurfing hopeful in choppy waters over affair with coach
Sailing Association fires coach Pierre Loquet, citing his relationship with potential medalist Katy Spychakov; rival athletes now claim she got preferential treatment
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Inside Nitzan Prison in Ramle, February 27, 2012. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
February 13, 2018, 6:45 pm
3 social workers suspended for having sex with prisoners
Employed for less than a year at prisons in center, north of country, the three women are expected to be fired
By ToI Staff
Susan Cabot stars in Ride Clear of Diablo, 1954. (YouTube screenshot).
January 11, 2018, 1:49 am
CIA set up King Hussein and Jewish actress, with fatal result
Declassified reports on JFK assassination help shed light on reported romance between the Jordanian monarch and Susan Cabot
By Sue Surkes
Online dating can be frustrating, but Shalom’s algorithms claim to be the best at setting up people with similar interests. (Lior Zaltzman/JTA)
October 20, 2017, 8:58 pm
Why a pair of Sikh entrepreneurs have created a Jewish dating app
Two Indian Americans are behind the new matchmaking service, Shalom. And they say its matching algorithms are as smart as its users
By Josefin Dolsten
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