Anne Cohen and Maia Efrem
By Anne Cohen and Maia Efrem
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News Matchmaker, Matchmaker: Jewish Dating Advice Isn’t Far Off From Yenta’s Heyday
In 1926, a distraught father wrote to the Forverts’s advice column, A Bintel Brief, with a problem: Where are all the Jewish men? With four daughters to marry off, and no Jewish husbands in sight, the man was considering moving to another city. “We live in a country town where we are the only Jewish…
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Breaking News Jewish Singles Cheat Less Than Christian Counterparts, Study Says
Chivalry is alive and well — among Jewish singles that is. A new survey released by JDate.com and Christian Mingleanalyzes the patterns and behavior of the two major dating communities, including dating etiquette, social and familial influences on relationships and attitudes towards infidelity. Eighty-four percent of Jewish respondents reported that they have never cheated in…
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Opinion Edward Said tried to erase Jews. So do the pro-Palestinian Columbia protesters citing his legacy
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