Meant2Be: We outlawed the term ‘in-law’
Jewish Journal
December 7, 2016
For as long as I can remember, relatives, friends and acquaintances of mine have spoken disparagingly of their in-laws.
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Meant2Be: Analog heart in a digital world
Jewish Journal
November 30, 2016
Following the dissolution of an almost 25-year marriage, I found myself in very unfamiliar territory: the singles world.
Meant2Be: Marry rich
Chava Tombosky
November 10, 2016
“Who is rich? One who appreciates what he has.”
(Ethics of the Fathers, 4:1)
Meant2Be: Mr. Delicious
Melanie Chartoff
October 26, 2016
My daddy was raised in a Jewish delicatessen during the Depression, where rich food made his family wealthy and unhealthy.
Meant2Be: Till love do us part
Jewish Journal
October 20, 2016
Jessica and I realized from the start that ours was not a match made in romantic partner heaven.
Meant2Be: It’s a small Jewish world after all
Jewish Journal
October 13, 2016
I joined JSwipe, the Jewish dating app, in July 2014 after spending a year living in my parents’ house and being frustrated with my inability to meet single Jewish men in the west San Fernando Valley.
Meant2Be: I loved her first, then him
Jewish Journal
October 5, 2016
As a college freshman in Washington, D.C., I met a 22-year-old recent graduate. Let’s call her Molly.
Meant2Be: ’Til death do (one of us) part
Jewish Journal
September 27, 2016
My husband and I have seen a good part of six decades, but the truth is, when we’re alone and aren’t forced to compare the gravity in our faces and the slouch of our bodies with anyone else’s, we’re eternally young.
Meant2Be: A robot, she wasn’t
Kylie Ora Lobell
September 21, 2016
I had just finished my delicious pulled pork sandwich at the bar when I saw him talking to a group of people. He was my comedian friend’s roommate, and his name was Danny Lobell.
Meant2Be: Sleeping together
Melanie Chartoff
September 14, 2016
At age 60, I’d given up hope that I would ever find my bashert, or even sleep with anyone again, as I was so set in my ways.
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