Some folks believe that falling in love is a matter of fate—trusting that if they go about their lives, they'll meet their soul mates. Others approach it with the strategy of a business investment. Ron James, 48, for example, contacted hundreds of women—sometimes going on three dates in one day(!)—until he met the right one.

Playing the Numbers
After his divorce in 2006, Ron went on a find-a-new-partner mission. He signed up for JDate, a dating service for Jewish singles. "I'd work at it two to three hours a night," he says, managing his love life like he was a CEO. … Read More

If you're sick of meeting meshuganas[1] online and you're ready to find a real mensch[2], then JDate.com wants you to stop kvetshing[3] and join their international online dating community of over 650,000 Jewish (and many non-Jewish) singles. While JDate was created in 1997 to help Jews find their besherts[4], singles of every faith are finding JDate to be a real brocheh[5]. Whether non-Jews are impressed by JDate success stories or just freakishly preoccupied with dating Jews, they can join by indicating "Willing to convert" or "Unaffiliated" from 14 … Read More

A mediocre-looking guy recently approached my sister, a hesitant JDate subscriber, online. After a brief chat, the strangers decided to take things to the next level. Sex? No. Facebook? Yes. They exchanged names and allowed the inter-network stalking to begin.

A day or so later, my sister burst into laughter at a Facebook message she'd received a video message from the JDate boy. Playing the piano and singing (in a surprisingly good voice, I might add) he began: Here I am writing strange girls messages via video, via song, but only because you looked like someone I'd like to … Read More

Acknowledging that there aren’t a plethora of dating options for his single congregants, Rabbi Kenneth Emert took matters into his own hands—and hopped on the Internet.

The New Jersey rabbi had heard of a congregation that had emphasized its members to be proactive in their dating search and offered $1,000 (from the rabbi’s own pocket) for 24 six-month subscriptions to JDate.com. Emert soon realized that his own singles needed a little fundraising, as well.

Says The New Jersey Standard:
“Emert — who in December began to use monies from his synagogue’s discretionary fund to subsidize JDate … Read More

Wow. We are getting old. We had no idea who Drake Bell was until it was revealed that he wasn’t dating Britney Spears. Goodly. And now we know who Jesse McCartney is because he is not ‘really’ using JDate.

Outside of not using online dating, we know that he is not dating David Cassidy’s daughter, Katie. And we’re reasonably sure that he’s not the son of Paul McCartney or Stella McCartney. And we found out that got a Day Time Emmy nod for All My Children and played himself on The Simpsons. Nice. We’re not going to rush out … Read More