The Generosity of Love
Love is an ancient and tricky phenomenon that elicits a wide variety of analyses: It’s powerful! It’s an illusion! It’s just lust! There’s no such thing as real love! Love is...
May 18, 2011
By Ziva Kramer
Love is in the Air
Passover must be celebrated in the springtime, when nature is in bloom, and love is in the air. It is no coincidence that on Pesach it is customary to read the...
Apr 13, 2011
By Sherrie B. Miller
Why THAT Person and Not Me?
As a matchmaker and dating coach, I hear the same questions practically every day. From women: “How did a girl like that get a guy like him?” “Ziva! I know her....
Mar 2, 2011
By Ziva Kramer
The Great Pretender
It turns out you're not as boring as you think.
Nov 10, 2010
By Joyce Schur
Pinchas: Assessing a Potential Spouse
The gemara tells us that there is a difference between the way men and women evaluate a potential match. “Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav, it is forbidden for...
Jul 9, 2009
By Asher Meir
Cupid’s Arrow: A Letter to My Daughter
My dearest daughter: Last night we had a problem. Not a horrible problem, not something that was your fault, and yet I know our reaction caught you by surprise. I think...
Feb 11, 2009
By Barbara Bensoussan
Melonie and Rick
Melonie came to work with me as a Social Worker, and it was like a ray of light lit up our hospital. She was beautiful–5’10’ with strawberry blond hair and large...
Sep 25, 2008
By Elise Nerenberg
Warm Breezes
The guy before this one had proposed to me, twice, and I was weary of eager boys and their childish plans. But I’d agreed to this date as a favor to...
Dec 13, 2007
By Yael Zoldan
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