New Ways of Dating Jewish

It’s been a dilemma for some in the Jewish singles dating world. How to meet and date people, form relationships, and eventually marry, while making sure they are dating Jewish people with whom cultural approaches and lifestyles are compatible. Most people in society are now used to the concept of speed dating, but not everyone realizes that the idea was originally created by Rabbi Yaacov Deyo as a way to help young Jewish people meet and marry. This type of event has augmented other relationship help methods for Jewish young people, such as online dating services.

When you remember that the original purpose of speed dating was so that Orthodox Jewish singles could meet, it’s surprising to realize that this method was considered so modern and even revolutionary. With personal ads being thought of as questionable not too long ago, even for people with a more open lifestyle, speed dating might seem to go several steps farther and be too unusual a method for very conservative young people who are interested in dating Jewish partners. Yet in modern society, people’s cultural values aren’t automatically indicated by the circles they travel in, and time is often a constraint, so perhaps new methods of meeting possible mates are required.

Speed dating has been adopted by the world in general, but it’s one of the methods Jewish young people still use. Other Jewish dating services have developed with the growth of the internet, so Jewish singles can enter their personal data and view the data of others, initiating some sort of contact if they find someone who seems interesting. Or some sites suggest potential matches for them, and they can decide if they want to pursue contact with any of those people. While the online method is now a large component in most partner searches, there are still non-internet-based Jewish singles events, and a speed dating event is just one of the possibilities available.

Using online dating sites and speed dates might actually be considered a more modern version of the old methods of a Jewish matchmaker. Remember that a matchmaker, too, tried to match certain characteristics between potential partners. Those might, at the time, have been more economic and utilitarian than criteria preferred today. But the more modern methods of dating Jewish people may simply be an adaptation of the older method, adding criteria of culture, values and personality traits as well.

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