This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish dating app JDate.
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Fast Forward JDate Buys JSwipe — Ends Spat Over Letter ‘J’
Just months after a public battle over the trademark of the letter “J,” Jewish dating services JDate and JSwipe have kissed and coupled up. Spark Networks, owner of JDate and several other non-Jewish dating sites, announced on Wednesday that it had bought Smooch Labs, the company behind mobile dating app JSwipe. The purchase price will…
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The Schmooze JSwipe Wants Your Help to Fight Off JDate Lawsuit
The David and Goliath story has just been updated for the Tinder generation. A reminder: , making the vicious world of online dating just a bit more vicious. It’s turning out to be a very expensive battle of Jew vs Jew for JSwipe founder David Yarus, who has launched an IndieGogo campaign to help fund…
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The Schmooze JDate is Suing JSwipe — Over the Letter J?
Oy gevalt. This is actually happening. JDate is suing JSwipe… over the use of the letter J. No, this isn’t an Yes, it’s ridiculous. After all, what about JWed or JZoog? Weirder still, JDate claims it owns the patent on software that “confidentially determines matches and notifies users of mutual matches in feelings and interests.”…
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The Schmooze Does Purim Boil Down to a Really Bad Date?
Does the story of Purim just boil down to a really bad date? Our latest #OyDate tackles the story of Esther and Achashverosh as you’ve never heard it before. Do you have your own horrific or hilarious stories about Jewish online (or offline dating)? Tweet us a story with #OYDATE to @jdforward. Or e-mail your…
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The Schmooze #OyDate – A Comic about Dating Misadventures
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we’re launching a new comics series about Jewish dating misadventures! Let’s celebrate our dating fails! Do you have your own horrific or hilarious stories about Jewish online (or offline dating)? Tweet us a story with #OYDATE to @jdforward. Or e-mail your stories to [email protected] with the title OYDATE –…
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The Schmooze JDate Hooks You Up With Your Old Camp Flame
Kurt Hoffman (JTA) — Beth and Jeff Kopin are one of an estimated 700 married couples to have met at one of the Conservative movement’s Ramah camps. The Kopins, who fell in love at Ramah Wisconsin in the 1970s, went on to raise a flock of “Ramahniks.” “There’s this family feeling if you meet another…
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Life One Bubbe’s Adventures in Online Dating
Illustration by Lior Zaltzman Some Grandmas play bridge, mahjong, or golf. I play eHarmony, JDate, and Match.com. In the past two years, I’ve corresponded with shrinks, rabbis, and a man who mentioned he has to be catheterized three times a day, but was very loving. It used to be women of a certain age, the…
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The Schmooze War, What Is It Good For? Jewish Sexy-Time
War, what is it good for? Jewish sexy-time, apparently. Undeterred by the conflict, 24 Jews participated in the first ever Jewish National Fund- JDate Singles Trip to Israel. Translation: Jews age 30 to 45 travel to Israel to get it on in the sun, with a side of hummus. The launch of Operation Protective Edge…
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