I’ve always been super confident in most things but faltered when it came to dating and love. I was looking for ease and perfection. And, my celiac disease made me filter out those who didn't seem too understanding or comforting. As I entered my thirties, I...
My Grandma Phyllis always told me to “Stick to your own kind” when it came to dating. But to her disappointment, I’d never dated another Jew. I had, however, dated other women. I figured that was a good way to follow Grandma’s advice – weren’t...
“For every pot, there’s a cover.” That’s what my grandmother of blessed memory always said, never giving up her hope for me. But I was pushing 40. Restless, with no possible prospects, I moved to Norfolk, Virginia for a new hotel job. As I did...
"I met my beshert 25 years ago this past March. I had just come off a year of not dating after a bad relationship. I was getting more comfortable with myself and what made me happy and decided that part of that happiness would be...
I met my husband 33 years ago at a party for a physicist I didn’t know. My neighbor invited me to increase the estrogen quota. I went for the pizza, not a partner. But I noticed David immediately. I’d always dreamed of marrying someone who was...
At 26, I was coming off a traumatic divorce that led me to distrust everything I knew to be true in this world. Desperate to figure out who I was and what I could believe in, I jumped when a friend invited me to go...
The kiss could have been in a movie. Fun, spontaneous, performed in a crowded room for everyone to witness. Unfortunately, I was not the recipient. With horror, I watched as my Russian uncle, newly arrived in the United States, grabbed my future husband’s face with...
“Someday,” my boyfriend David said to me dreamily, “we’ll have Shabbat dinners at our house.” “Yeah right,” I guffawed. “I guess you’ll have to marry someone else. I don’t do Shabbat.” Sure, I was Jewish. I went to Jewish camp. And High Holiday services. But I was...
"Adopting an older child was beshert— my girl and I were meant to be together. It’s the best decision I’ve ever made."...
Thank God I got friend-zoned by my boyfriend. When I initially spotted Jason at a Hillel event during my freshman year of college, it was love at first sight for me. He was tall, dark, handsome, and JEWISH. What’s more, he was incredibly sweet and had...