When I moved to a new, Midwestern city to attend graduate school, I did what many young, single people do: I joined a dating website. After a few weeks, I began to notice that the men who messaged me tended to fit a certain type: bookish, serious, and strongly invested in being seen as intellectual…
Click here to anonymously submit a dating question for Sonya’s weekly column. I recently stumbled upon Jewish Spice, an original Facebook group created by Inna Goloborodsky, who described it as a place where “Jewish people can come together and discuss complexities of relationships, ask questions, give advice and support each other.” This year, Jewish…
This piece was contributed by Masa Israel Journey — for more information, click here.” We’re sure you’ve heard the news—there is an app for everything. Finding love (or at least a date) is no exception. And in the “startup nation,” we obviously believe in the swipe-to-like revolution. Here in Israel we have not one, but…
It happened slowly. First I was cutting my black hair into short punk-esque styles and rocking out at secular concerts. Then I was wearing more revealing clothing when costumes were the theme of the day. Every so often I would post short clips of me belting songs at karaoke or drinking with friends. It felt…
These days, there’s a dating app for just about anything you’re into. Looking for a bearded man? Check out “Bristlr.” Someone who isn’t vertically challenged? Download “Tall Friends.” Want to find someone who loves horses just as much as you do? Head over to “Equestrian Cupid.” But what about an app for everything you’re decidedly…
“I know a great guy for you,” wasn’t what I had expected to hear the first time I met my language partner over coffee on a frigid winter day in Seoul. But it was something I got used to pretty quickly when I studied abroad in South Korea at 21. After growing up hearing about…
Click here to anonymously submit a dating question for Sonya’s weekly column. The more dates I go on as well as the horror stories I hear from my single girlfriends, the less I see men treating women the way I hope they would have been raised to. The real issue here is that in…
Click here to anonymously submit a dating question for Sonya’s weekly column. This is an article that some women are not going to like reading, but it’s my duty to call those guilty of this behavior out on it. Over the last couple of months as a single woman, I’ve witnessed many guy friends…
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