Shidduch Themed Writings

• Letters from the Where • What • When
• Shadchan Crisis (by Michael Feldstein and Chananya Weissman of EndTheMadness.org)
• On Our Own: Addressing The "State Of The Union" — The Shidduch Crisis (by Cheryl Kupfer)
• An Open Letter on Heimishe Singles (by Mordy Neuman)
• Sensitive Nerve (In response to the article "Singles Wait Too Long, Or Not Long Enough" from The Jewish Week)
• Kosher Socializing (In response to the article "Singles Wait Too Long, Or Not Long Enough" from The Jewish Week)
• Worthy Tradition (In response to the article "Singles Wait Too Long, Or Not Long Enough" from The Jewish Week)
• Matters Of The Heart In response to the article "The Dating Game Gone "Mad" from The Jewish Week)
• No Single Issue (In response to the article "The New Orthodox Lonely Hearts" from The Jewish Week)
• Be A Man (In response to the article "The New Orthodox Lonely Hearts" from The Jewish Week)
• Shidduch Crisis (In response to the article "The New Orthodox Lonely Hearts" from The Jewish Week)
• Engagement Blues (from "The Jewish Week)
• Soulmates Out There (In response to the article "Engagement Blues" from The Jewish Week)
• Disabled and Dating (In response to the article "Engagement Blues" from The Jewish Week)

Orthodox Union (OU) (Orthodox Union)

• A Guide to Creating a Synagogue Shidduch Committee
• What Keeps Singles from Marriage?

Orthodox Caucus (OC) (Orthodox Caucus)

• Kol Magazine: Voicing a Single Issue (All O.C. articles - PDF Format)

• Orthodox. Single. Oy Vey.
• Survey Says:
• Not Just Someone Else's Business
• Ten Questions for Rabbi Moshe Tendler (adapted from "End The Madness Symposium" - February 28, 2003)
• Home for the (Jewish) Holidays
• Opting Out of Orthodoxy: I'd Rather Be Adored Than Ignored
• The Answer Is...
• Troubled Transitions: A Challenge and an Opportunity, A Statement by The Orthodox Caucus
• Top 10 Things a Guy Should NOT Say on the Phone with a Potential First Date
• Single Orthodox Men: A Guide to the Perplexed
• Mixed Blessings
• Introducing My Date to My Medical Issue
• Single, Jewish, and Living with Illness
• The Silent Revolution of the Modern Era
• Sex and the City: Sexuality on the Upper West Side
• If You Dated Yourself, Would You Go on a Second Date?
• How to Change the Dating Game
• The Widow in the Jewish Community
• Parenting for Successful Dating & Marriage
• A Jerusalem Story
• Ethics of Internet Dating
• Journey Towards Marriage: Separation, Mourning & Creativity
• Matchmaking 101
• Attitudes Toward Socializing... and Socializing Attitudes
• Singled Out?
• Dating a Commodity: An Accountant's Eye for Marriage
• What It Means to be Single on the Upper West Side
• Is Any Marriage Better Than No Marriage?
• SDJM: Single Divorced Jewish Mother
• Ten Commandments for Married People
• A Mother's Prayer
• The Challenges of Online Dating

Aish HaTorah (Aish.com) (Aish HaTorah)

• How to Become a Dating Mentor
• Making a Match
• The Gift of Singlehood
• The Pickiness Factor

Project Genesis (Torah.org)

• Shiduchim in Halachah (Weekly Halachah [Chayei Sarah, 5758] by Rabbi Doniel Neustadt)

Rabbi Jeff Forsythe's Writings (Perfecting your Relationships and Yourself)

• Ten Keys to Choosing or Being a Good Shadchan

Rabbi Simon Jacobson's Writings (Meaningful Life Learning Center)

• Love and Marriage Writings

Rabbi Golden's Writings (The Jewish Week)

• Singles Wait Too Long, Or Not Long Enough
• Sensitive Nerve

Jonathan Roseblum's Writings (Cross Currents Blog)

• Too Many Girls for Too Few Boy
• It's Not Just Demographics

Rebbetzin Jungreis: Letters and Responses (Jewish Press / Hineni)

• 'I Just Don`t See It': The Shidduch Scene Again
• More On The Shidduch Scene: 'Singles Are Also At Fault'
• My Son Can't Commit
• My Son Can't Commit
• My Son Can't Commit
• Where Do I Find A Shidduch?
• Overcoming Shidduch Bias
• More on the Shidduch Scene
• The Shidduch Scene
• Inquisition Or Investigation On the Shidduch Scene
• Inquisition or Investigation - Readers Respond
• Shidduch Issues -- Rebbetzin Jungreis's Response
• Shidduch Burn-Out
• RESPONSE: Shidduch Burn-Out
• "Lack of Chizuk"
• "Lack of Chizuk" (Conclusion)
• A Different Shidduch Problem
• A Different Sort of Shidduch Problem
• "Shidduchim - Singles Are Also Guilty": Two Letters
• "Shidduchim - Singles Are Also Guilty": Two Letters (Continued from last week)
• Still Single & Happy
• More On The Shidduch Scene From Our Readers
• More On the Shidduch Scene From Our Readers (Continued)
• More On the Shidduch Scene From Our Readers (Conclusion)
• The Many Faces of the Shidduch Scene
• The Many Faces of Shidduchim - The Secular World (Continued)
• The Many Faces of Shidduchim (Conclusion)
• The Many Faces of Shidduchim (Conclusion)
• The Many Faces of Shidduchim
• The Many Faces of Shidduchim (Conclusion)
• Mothers and Shidduchim (Two Letters)
• Mothers and Shidduchim (Two Letters)
• More On Mothers and Shidduchim
• A Yeshiva Man`s Perspective on Shidduchim
• Shidduchim -The Man`s Point of View
• RESPONSE: Shidduchim - A Male Point of View
• Shidduchim - A Male Point of View` (Continued from last week)
• On Behalf of Orthodox Single Women
• What`s Wrong With Her?
• What`s Wrong With Her? (Continued from last week)
• What's Wrong With Her? (Our Readers Respond)
• The Frustrations of Finding Your Basherte (The Male Perspective)
• The Frustrations of Finding Your Basherte (The Readers Respond: In My Next Life, I want to be Born In Boro Park!)

Chananya Weissman's Writings (Jewish Press / End the Madness! Web Site)

• Poker Play And Shidduchim
• So You Want To Be A Shadchan? Dos and Don'ts of Setting Singles Up
• Shadchan Code of Responsibility
• Avoiding Labels in Shidduchim
• Labels Belong On Clothing
• The Problems With Singles Events and How to Fix Them
• Comparison Shopping And Shidduchim
• The Shidduch Crisis — The Case For Natural Meetings
• Mixed Seating Revisited
• Comparison Shopping and Shidduchim
• Natural Meetings

Baltimore Jewish Times (Baltimore Jewish Times)

• Playing with Matches
• A Prize Match (See also: "Shadchan Crisis" by Michael Feldstein and Chananya Weissman)
• Some Matchmakers See Themselves as Messengers of G-d
• Special-needs Singles Hook Up

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore Sun)

• Kosher Agency Moves into Matters of Heart

New York Times (New York Times)

• With Their Eyes Only

New York Blueprint (New York Blueprint)

• Shidduch Crisis? National Council of Young Israel Takes it On
• Sawyouatsinai.com Synergizes Matchmaking and Online Dating
• Mars & Venus in Agreement: Photos a Must for Online Profiles

Cleveland Jewish News (Cleveland Jewish News)

• Helping Cleveland Jews find their Soulmates

Israel National News (Arutz Sheva) (Israel National News / Arutz Sheva)

• Parsha Chayei Sarah: Matchmaker, Make Me a Match (Rabbi Zev M. Shandalov)

The Jewish Week (The Jewish Week)

• The Toughest Shidduch
• The New Orthodox Lonely Hearts
• Singles Wait Too Long, Or Not Long Enough
• Five Steps To The Seven Circles
• What Kind Of Kipa Do You Wear?
• Frum Enough for Frumster?
• Prominent Rabbis OK Orthodox Dating Site
• The Dating Game Gone "Mad"
• Yenta In An Internet World
• The Single Life
• Dropping A Loveline
• Casting Their Lots
• An Engaging Enterprise
• Shidduch Chic
• Make Me A Match, Shag Me A Shidduch
• Frumster’s Extreme Makeover?

The Jewish Observer (The Jewish Observer)

• Shidduchim – Where Heaven and Earth Meet (Rabbi Matisyahu Salomon)
• The Shidduch Process (Rabbi Matisyahu Salomon, shlita, on Shidduchim and Marriage)
• Now You Say it, Now You Don't (Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz, shlita, on Guidelines For Revealing Information In Shidduchim)
• A Fusion of Gifts

The Jewish Magazine (The Jewish Magazine)

• Shidduch and Dates: Meeting Your Mate

The Jewish Press (The Jewish Press)

• Shidduchim: How Parents Can Help (Tzivya Rieter, L.C.S.W.)
• Shidduchim: The Awesome Educator (Anonymous)
• Shidduchim: Is This The Way It Should Be? (Dr. Joshua Lamm)

Jewsweek (Jewsweek)

• The End of the Affair
• Logging on for Love (See also: "Dating Religiously" article from Where What When)
• Dude, Where's my Bashert
• Meet the Metrodox (Single Life on the Upper West Side)

Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight (Shema Yisrael Torah Network)

• The Singles Crisis

The Jerusalem Post (The Jerusalem Post)

• Shallow men and the women who suffer
• Orthodating gone meshuga? (Interview with Chananya Weissman)

The Jerusalem Report (The Jerusalem Report)

• Make Me an Imperfect Match

The Forward (The Forward)

• Hip Modern Orthodox ISO Same
• Bringing Boy-Meets-Girl Back to Modern Orthodox Dating (Registration Required)

The Associated Press (The Assocaited Press [AP])

• Orthodox Jews Find Love on the Web

Where • What • When (Where • What • When)

• Dating Religiously (PDF Version)
• Successful Shidduchim - Three-Part Formula: The Right One, the Right Time and the Right Shaliach
• Thinking About Shidduchim (Poem)
• Secular Ideals Meet Frum Dating
• An Engaging Symposium: Interviews with Rosie Einhorn and Rabbi Yaakov Salomon
• Making Shidduchim Happen, Again
• The Shidduch Scene Circa 1969: How I Met my Match

• Are You Frum.Com?
• Frumster.com: Worldwide Antidote to the Orthodox Singles Crisis
• What to Give Up to Attract Love
• Shidduchim: Does it Have a Place at YU? (YU Observer)
• Love At First Byte - Jewish Matchmaking on the 'Net (by Gailia Berry, circa 1998)
• Halachos of Paying Shadchanim
• How Many Matchmakers? (Machon Daniel Institutions)
• Choosing a Mate (Mikvah.org)
• Whom to Marry (Mikvah.org)