Sunday May 06, 2012
Everyone expects fireworks when they fall in love. For Noam and Hagit, the skies lit up on their wedding day – two months ago. But these fireworks weren’t fun. These were rockets fired by Arab terrorists.
Hundreds of rockets from the Gaza Strip were aimed at cities in southern Israel, placing more than a million Israelis under the threat of death. The army had important decisions to make. So did Noam...
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Thursday Mar 29, 2012
“My mom encouraged me to join JDate,” says 33-year-old Leon Smulakowski, an amateur weight-lifter, who can break an apple in two with his bare hands.
The last day of his subscription to the dating site – he was going to cancel – he saw Joanna's profile. “It was her beautiful smile that attracted me,” says Leon. He messaged her.
Joanna Sirlin, a violist, was in Florida on a symphony...
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Sunday Mar 04, 2012
“It takes a village to raise a child,” says the African proverb, and in the tony village of Great Neck, New York, the family helps to match 'em up. “For me and Ilan, it worked,” says Michelle Nabavian. “Our families knew when to get involved and when to stay out.”
Her uncle, Payam, was the first would-be matchmaker. He started dropping hints about bringing together Michelle with his...
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Monday Feb 13, 2012
Larry Lehrner married his Congresswoman, Shelley Berkley.
“You find me a good Jewish husband and I’ll remarry,” Shelley Berkley mentioned to her long-time friend, Dr. Ikram (Ike) Khan sometime after they were both honored by the Anti- Defamation League in 1994. Some thought it was an odd friendship — Shelley, Jewish and a pro-Israel activist, was active in AIPAC and the Las Vegas Jewish Federation; Ike was...
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Sunday Feb 05, 2012
“I prayed that G-D would help me find my bashert, [meant-to-be spouse]” says Esther Avital, “and my prayers came true.”
Esther Avital Gottesman was not born Jewish. She was born Heather Fuller to Christian parents in Santa Ana, California. Around the age of 10, she didn’t want to be Christian anymore. She didn't like having to pray through an intermediary and she had a teenage obsession with...
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