Online, at Shul, and in Marie Claire

Last night I was flipping through the new issue of Marie Claire magazine (page 117) and much to my surprise, came across an article mentioning both Jdate and Friday Night Live (FNL).

Jdate, as most of you know, is the online dating site catered to Jewish singles. Friday Night Live is a guitar-filled (am I the only one that finds a guitar on the bimah weird?) Friday night Shabbat service at a local Los Angeles synagogue geared toward Jewish young adults. At FNL, you are pretty much guaranteed to run into at least one person you have dated and get hit on by a guy 20 years your senior.

But anyway. I thought it was cool that both Jdate and FNL got a mention. Here’s to meeting nice Jewish boys (or girls). p.s. Anyone going to the ATID Purim party at the Peterson?

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Aimless

March 4th, 2005 | 10:54 am


I used to think the idea of a guitar (or any instrument) on the bimah was weird, until I went to Rock & Roll Shabbat at a shul here in Oakland, which features a 10-piece band, lots of ruach, dancing in the aisles . . . I was SOLD! Why should the Baptists get all the foot-stomping fun?

R&R shabbat is more geared towards the families with kids set - yet I STILL run into random people from my past there, including an old friend from Hebrew School and a guy I knew back in pre-school!

I’d live to go to FNL - in fact I bought Craig Taubman’s FNL CD and it is my kid’s absolute favorite. It took me awhile to figure out that when they asked for “The Moo Song” they were actually requesting “Romemu!”

Lisa Chau

March 6th, 2005 | 10:07 pm


Have you tried site other than Jdate? Or services like Speed Dating, etc?

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