Tuesday, May 15, 2012
My Single Peeps: Isaac S.
by Seth Menachem
When Isaac sits down to speak with me, I see the rugged beard with a shot of gray around the chin, the athletic build and the tight-fitting. . .
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Lawrence J.
by Seth Menachem
Lawrence is a South African Jew who has been in Southern California since he was 10. I met him through his sister, Francine, who briefly dated my. . .
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
My Single Peeps: Natania L.
by Seth Menachem
If I wrote Natania’s column gender-neutral, there would be very few tip-offs that I was writing about a woman. To be fair, if someone wrote about. . .
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Alexa N.
by Seth Menachem
Alexa initially wrote to me because she was interested in one of my single peeps. She attached a picture of herself — a headshot, where she looked. . .
Thursday, March 15, 2012
EG Daily
by Seth Menachem
The first time I saw EG I was just starting to train at the Howard Fine Acting Studio. She looked familiar, but I didn’t put it together. . .
Thursday, March 8, 2012
My Single Peeps: Rachelle S.
by Seth Menachem
Rachelle is originally from New York. “I went to San Francisco in my 20s, so I feel as if I grew up [there].” Her husband at the time wanted to. . .
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Shanee F.
by Seth Menachem
Shanee was born and raised in Beverly Hills by Israeli parents. After college, she moved to New York for four years, where she worked in marketing.. . .
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Ruthie B.
by Seth Menachem
Ruthie, who is 81 now, was raised in Chicago. An abused child, she was sent away to live on a farm called Glen Eyrie in Delavan, Wis. “You know. . .
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Dina S.
by Seth Menachem
Dina grew up in Michigan, one of only a few Jews in her area. Her parents, who themselves had met at a Camp Ramah, sent her to Camp Ramah in Canada. . .
Thursday, February 9, 2012
My Single Peeps: Sonia S.
by Seth Menachem
Sonia doesn’t look or sound like your typical Jewish girl next door. Sure, she’s loud — but her accent is more Charo than Bette Midler. Her. . .
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Candace B.
by Seth Menachem
Candace was raised in the Valley, a typical middle-class Jewish upbringing, where her family raised her with the hope that she’d do better. . .
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Jill C.
by Seth Menachem
If I had to pick out the adventurous girl in a crowd, Jill would be one of the last I’d point to. Whether that has to do with my horrible. . .
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Erin M.
by Seth Menachem
Erin’s a selfish girl. She’s spent 12 years working as a registered nurse, specializing in adult critical care and pediatric post-surgical care.. . .
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Gary L.
by Seth Menachem
Gary’s brother, Jason, is a recent single peep. And, like Jason, Gary’s a nice, easygoing guy.. . .
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Sarica C.
by Seth Menachem
I’ve become fascinated with meeting single peeps who are only children. Sarica is one of them. Whatever negatives there are growing up without. . .
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Aimee L.
by Seth Menachem
Aimee was born and raised in Memphis, Tenn., but went to college in upstate New York to get as far away from the South as possible.. . .
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Lisa L
by Seth Menachem
Lisa describes herself as looking like Shirley Temple, “But I’m spicy — not vanilla.” She’s originally from New York, then moved to San. . .
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Jason L.
by Seth Menachem
Jason lives in the same building as I do and shares an apartment with two friends from high school. During our interview him for this profile, one of. . .
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Eva F.
by Seth Menachem
I met Eva this year as part of EILI, an entertainment leadership group through The Jewish Federation.. . .
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Ian L.
by Seth Menachem
Ian grew up with two much older sisters, but “I was kind of like an only child … good life, good childhood, maids … I even had a wet nurse.”. . .
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Esther H.
by Seth Menachem
Esther walks into Starbucks to sit down with me, recognizes a young guy at the table next to us and gives him a hug. “He’s my acting coach.”. . .
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Jaclyn L.
by Seth Menachem
Jaclyn spent her childhood moving from place to place: “We were a gypsy family.” So she has a lot to compare it to when she says, “I love L.A.. . .
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Altara M.
by Seth Menachem
Altara is an only child, raised in New York. She wants to find a man from the East Coast. And when she wants something, she goes after it. That’s. . .
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Michele K.
by Seth Menachem
As soon as Michele sits down with me, she says, “I’m crap at talking about myself.” Hear it with a British accent, and it’s 10 times cuter.. . .
