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
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.
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.. . .
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Libby E.
by Seth Menachem
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Amends for Yom Kippur
by Seth Menachem
I’ve written 40 profiles of singles for mysinglepeeps.com — and almost as many have been for the My Single Peeps column in The Jewish Journal.. . .
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
David B.
by Seth Menachem
David grew up in Miami — my mother was his elementary school teacher. Apparently he was always a nice kid.. . .
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Rachel C.
by Seth Menachem
A close friend e-mailed me that he thought Rachel would be good for My Single Peeps. “I think you guys will hit it off well, as you have a lot in. . .
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
My single peeps: Michael C.
by Seth Menachem
Michael was born in Michigan. He went to Columbia University, where he studied political science and wrote his thesis on nuclear deterrence theory.. . .
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Stacey K.
by Seth Menachem
When you think of a born-and-bred Brooklyn girl, blond-haired Stacey probably isn’t what comes to mind.. . .
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Benson S.
by Seth Menachem
Benson was born in Canada. “I call it Poland, because the winters are so bad.” He asks me about myself, and when I answer, he lifts his hands in. . .
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Samantha S.
by Seth Menachem
Samantha wants to take up yoga to get leaner. She says, “I think I’m built to be Hulk’s sister. Just paint me green.” She looks sturdy.. . .
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
J Keith
by Seth Menachem
When I first met J Keith, I found his personality really grating. A friend brought him to a softball game my wife and I used to organize every. . .
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Lauren Rochelle G.
by Seth Menachem
Lauren, who’s 35, reminds me of a Brooklyn Jew from my grandma’s generation. Not the mild-mannered, sweet- talking bubbe — but more the. . .
