Aristophanes on Creation and Love

By Tamara Shayne Kagel
Published on March 24, 2011

Getting It Right

By Tamara Shayne Kagel
Published on February 8, 2011

Whose soulmate is it, anyway?

By Jessica Ravitz
Published on August 9, 2007

A Jerusalem rabbi once told me that when we're born, God whispers the name of our beshert -- our soulmate or destiny. The cleft above our lips, he said, is where God places a finger, to silence our ability to reveal the secret.

Marry first, date later

By David Suissa
Published on July 5, 2007

During a Shabbat dinner, I blurted out the idea that maybe we ought to "marry first and date later." Not literally, of course, but in terms of how we approach both dating and marriage.

And nothing but the truth

By Marilyn Anderson
Published on December 14, 2006

Internet dating -- everyone does it, and everyone complains about it. Why? The guys think the girls lie, and the girls think the guys lie. And the truth is: everybody lies.

Love ‘n’ Bloomers

By Jewish Journal Staff
Published on January 5, 2006

Israel's Maariv newspaper reports that authorities have collected around 400 pairs of knickers and bras from the grilles of the tomb's window and on nearby trees.

The Perfect Woman

By Mark Miller
Published on July 15, 2004

One of the greatest mysteries in my life, besides how to program my Tivo, is why it's taking me so long to meet my soulmate.

Haven’t I Seen You Before?

By Gaby Wenig
Published on February 12, 2004

SawYouAtSinai -- the name coming from the midrashic aphorism that every Jewish person met his or her soulmate when we received the Torah on Mount Sinai -- is a site where users can fill out a profile, and then choose one or more matchmakers out of the 46 (four are from California) currently on the site to find a match for them.