Reviewed On: 7/31/2007

Price/Period: $34.95/30 days



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Reviewed by Cupids Reviews Staff

They claim opposites attract, but studies have shown that whoever “they” are, they’re plain meshuganah. Most successful relationships are formed on people having plenty in common and living nearby to one another. The problem is that however nice Mrs. Goldstein’s daughter is, or how Mr. Lipshitz’ son is so successful, what sounds good on paper just doesn’t always cut it. Your mother was right. You’re fickle and too picky.

"...this site is more for serious people looking for actual relationships."

However much you appreciate your Bubbie’s concerted efforts to find you a match, you need to strike out and discover your own balebatisheh yiden. So, take a couple of minutes, fill out a free membership form on JDate.com and you’ll have a chance to check out profiles from over half-a-million Jewish singles. I kid you not--there are 15,000 new subscribers every month.

Until you shell out some cash, you can’t really contact anyone except by sending little prewritten "teases." However, what do you expect, it’s more than most sites offer for free, quite frankly. After you’re schvitzing from all your shopping around and you decide to finally get serious, sign up for a paid membership and then you can really get down to business.

You’ll be able to send and receive emails and initiate instant messages, too. Free members can reply to instant messages but can’t start the ball rolling. You’ve lived long enough to know that it’s all about networking. The more people you talk to, the better. Paid JDate subscribers also access chat rooms for a definite chance to schmooze some more and make a good first impression.

A single month's membership fee has gone up in price since our last review, despite the site attracting slightly fewer visitors than it did before. However, the longer multi-month subscriptions are more billik like borscht. My only advice is that you realize that this site is more for serious people looking for actual relationships. If you’re only looking to get shtup’d, this isn’t really your scene. Visit J Date if you finally want to make your poor mother happy for once!

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