Matchmaking Woes…

By Julia Bendis
Published on July 31, 2012

Does JDate care about Jewish weddings?

By Danielle Berrin
Published on June 20, 2012

Waiting on Fruit & Love in Los Feliz

By Elliot Steingart
Published on March 14, 2012

Dating Sucks but LA Singles Rock

By Ilana Angel
Published on February 13, 2012

Single for the Holidays vs. Desperate Online Dating

By Ilana Angel
Published on December 8, 2011

Single, Happy, Hopeful & Strutting

By Ilana Angel
Published on November 30, 2011

Millennial Manners

By Tamara Shayne Kagel
Published on November 16, 2011

Israelis + Cell Phones + Sushi = Impaling a Stranger with a Chopstick

By Ilana Angel
Published on September 15, 2011

My Search for Manny Pacquiao Leads Me to Ryan O’Neal?  Score!

By Ilana Angel
Published on September 13, 2011

Online Dating Hell: 5 Things Men Should Never Share on a First Date

By Ilana Angel
Published on September 4, 2011

We Have a New Winner! Worst Online Date Ever

By Ilana Angel
Published on August 10, 2011

A Non-Date With My Canadian Non-Boyfriend

By Ilana Angel
Published on July 28, 2011

My 4th of July Dinner Date

By Ilana Angel
Published on July 4, 2011

Did Bristol Palin Get Pregnant by “Rapist”  Levi Johnston?

By Ilana Angel
Published on June 28, 2011

Well, At Least She Called Me Skinny…

By Tamara Shayne Kagel
Published on June 22, 2011

Is Matchmaking a Mitzvah and how many are supposed to accomplish in our lifetime?

By Julia Bendis
Published on February 28, 2011

Getting It Right

By Tamara Shayne Kagel
Published on February 8, 2011

I can’t believe you haven’t seen it

By Mrs. Shoshana F
Published on September 18, 2008

I am not a fixer-upper!

By Orit Arfa
Published on January 3, 2008

Do I have a sign on my forehead that says, "Fix me up"?

Of bad dates and good intentions

By Rabbi Idit Jacques
Published on September 27, 2007

I went on what was arguably the worst date ever. Thank God, it was neither tragic nor violent, but in the category of terribly disappointing, it was the worst.

Singles - Want, Not Want

By Amy Klein
Published on May 25, 2006

Relationships in my life never seem to end. Guys are always calling me back, weeks, months, years later. My life is like an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie: He'll be back. After a breakup I try to remember this, that there are never any goodbyes, just au revoirs. Trickle Trickle Drip Drip.

Déja Date

By Amy Klein
Published on May 4, 2006

They say that familiarity breeds contempt, but I'm thinking that when you meet so many strangers in so short a time, familiarity might just breed comfort. You see a guy's picture 20 times, you begin to feel you know him. Maybe the first time he wrote to you, you weren't sure about him -- maybe he even creeped you out -- but a year or two later he practically seems like family (possibly that family member you want to avoid, but family nonetheless).

Singles - Imperfect One and Only

By Annie Korzen
Published on February 9, 2006

I have a friend who answered one of these "too-good-to-be-true" ads. They met for brunch and she knew right away it wasn't going to work out because he glanced at the menu and then said, "So, do you want to split an order of toast?"

Unhappy New Year!

By Mark Miller
Published on January 5, 2006

OK, I'll be absolutely honest -- I spent this past New Year's Eve alone. Sure, I could have salvaged the situation with a round of frantic last-minute calling, but I never got around to it because I had to go and get into a fight. Fortunately, I was the only one who got hurt. You see, I picked a fight with myself. And on New Year's Eve day, no less. Almost out of nowhere and with virtually no warning, I started in on myself.

Our Date With Drew’s Date

By Amy Klein
Published on August 11, 2005

There are plenty of guys with crushes on Drew Barrymore, the actress who began as a child ingénue at age 6 in "E.T." and who captivates as an adult in sexier roles like her turn as one of "Charlie's Angels."

Thanks, but No Thanks

By Mark Miller
Published on June 16, 2005

As far as I know, there are no such things as federal laws pertaining to dating. Oh, sure, there was that book "The Rules," a few years back, but those weren't federal laws; those were simply man-made, or rather, woman-made rules or suggestions. As to why there are no federal laws governing dating -- that's a no-brainer.

A Numbers Game

By Dan Jacobs
Published on December 30, 2004

A few months ago, I scribbled out a Web site, bought a camera, hired a director, raised $42,000 and embarked on a journey across

the United States.

"I'm looking for true love," I told my father, "even if she's husking corn in Iowa."

From the Mouths of Babes

By Joan G Friedman
Published on November 11, 2004

Marital advice from the under 11's.

Set, Spike, Kiss

By Carin Davis
Published on October 14, 2004

I'll never play the violin in high heels again. OK, I'll be back in sticks in six weeks, and I never played the fiddle. But I did play an important game of volleyball.

The Safe Unsafe

By Adam Gilad
Published on May 20, 2004

You date. You go to dinners. The beach. A friend's showcase. You retell your charming story until you hate every polished detail.

License to Date

By Sharon Lynn Bear
Published on December 4, 2003

When I went to the JDate Web site to sign up, I discovered that they had my profile from four years ago. For my preferences, I had checked single (never married), separated, divorced and widowed. But I'm older (48) and wiser now and "unchecked" single and separated. Such men do not carry a "license to date." Although our mothers wanted us to "marry Jewish," they had the wisdom to warn us that any Jewish man over 40 who has never been married is not "marriage material."

Phillip was 49 and never married, but told me, "There were women who wanted to marry me, who I didn't want to marry, and there were women I wanted to marry, who didn't want to marry me."

Westward Ho

By Andrew Wallenstein
Published on November 27, 2003

When I accepted a job to transfer from New York City to Los Angeles, I figured October would be the ideal month to move. Just as bone-chilling winds began sweeping the East Coast, I'd be basking in year-round sunshine on the other side of the country.

Don’t Hate Me ‘Cuz I’m Happy

By Mark Miller
Published on November 20, 2003

If you're anything like me -- and for the love of God, I hope you're not --you've found dating in Los Angeles to be nonstop inferno of disappointment, frustration, anguish, horror, tedium and depression.

And those are the dates that work out fairly well. It's not hard to understand why some battle-scarred veterans of the singles scene have completely sworn off dating, substituting other, nondating activities in life, whatever those could possibly be. I understand jogging may be one of them.

Full Disclosure

By Lori Gottlieb
Published on November 6, 2003

Okay, full disclosure about ... full disclosure: I write emotionally revealing memoirs, but won't wear see-through blouses. Which is to say, I'm not the type of person who posts naked pictures of herself on the Web. But when a women's magazine asked me to write about joining an "erotic amateur photo site," I was intrigued. Let me repeat: they asked me, a petite Jewish woman who bears no resemblance to the cast of "Friends," to publicly display my body.

Red Flag From Cupid

By Mark Miller
Published on July 3, 2003

Not very romantic? I was stunned. Did I miss something here? Is it our anniversary? It's our first meeting, for crying out loud!

The Set Up

By Dave Kessler
Published on March 27, 2003

For some reason, it's rare that anyone sets me up. You would think being a thin, employed, Jewish heterosexual with a full head of hair, long eyelashes and a great sense of humor would be a gimmie.

Good Jew, Bad Jew

By Lilla Zuckerman
Published on February 6, 2003

There are certain levels of "Jewishness" -- and I am not talking about Reform vs. Orthodox.

Date of Atonement

By Lesley Wolff
Published on September 12, 2002

At this Sept. 11 anniversary, we as a community are forced to remember where we were one year ago, when the world as we knew it turned upside down, and stayed that way.

Two Is Greater Than One

By J.D. Smith
Published on June 20, 2002

"Life," a sage old woman once told me, "is about loss." Sad but true, folks. We lose our hair, our eyesight, our hearing, our quickness, our strength, our friends, our families.

Every 10 years or so, we lose our innocence all over again. We lose a little something every day. We soldier on. I lost my freedom recently, and I couldn't be happier about it.

Inside Dating

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on September 6, 2001

When "Inside Schwartz" creator Stephen Engel was in college, dating was relatively easy. He'd meet a girl in class, hang out -- and presto! -- he had a girlfriend.

But when Engel's college flame dumped him when he was 25, the Jewish writer entered alien territory: the singles scene. "I didn't have a lot of experience formally calling women and asking them out," he says. "I'd never been 'fixed up.' I'd never been on a blind date. I had some horrific experiences."

And Guest

By Teresa Strasser
Published on January 18, 2001

To all the people who've invited me to events with those two fateful words, "And Guest," I apologize. I'm sorry you have to look through your wedding or shower or Bar Mitzvah photos and say, "Who's that?" when looking at my date.

Wings

By Teresa Strasser
Published on May 18, 2000

I never thought I'd find myself in any place called "The Winner'sRoom," mingling with soap opera stars and clutching a huge gold statue.

Send in the Clowns

By Teresa Strasser
Published on February 18, 1999

Girl meets clown.

Girl is fascinated by clown, who is a bona fide graduate of clown college and can walk on stilts.