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Relationships 101

Geography of Romance: A course dealing with the best places to meet your romantic partner. Certain locales lend themselves to greater relationship success — churches and temples, the homes of friends and relatives, bookstores, supermarkets, restaurants, parks and beaches. Other places tend to be riskier — prison, tattoo parlors, methamphetamine labs, mosh pits, wife-swapping parties, Chuck E. Cheese restaurants, gatherings of arms dealers.

Age Apparent

Of all the May-to-December romances that were not meant to be, mine must top the list. For starters, I met Rick in a hot tub — a cliché I was sure we could never get over.

Singles – Notes to Self

Note to Self: Do not date a man who says that he can\’t be in a relationship. Do not go out with him after he tells you he wants to go out with you — but only casually.

‘Fools’ Writer Seeks Happily Ever After

\”I\’m more sensual and romantic than sexual,\” 50-something author Evelyn Duboff says. One might assume otherwise upon viewing \”Fools in Love,\” a theatrical performance of 10 Duboff short stories about her colorful (and sometimes off-color) love life.

Boutique Teaches Brides Love Lessons

The Love Boutique sells everything from massage oils to lingerie and romantic board games to self-help books. In keeping with the store\’s philosophy, these items are merely tools to help women feel elegant, sexy and self-confident.

Written in the Jewish Stars

We\’re not saying we believe any of this, mind you, but, yes, Jews, too, like to peek at horoscopes. But up until now, something\’s been missing — that Jewish touch. Sure, you could count on Bubbe and Zayde to dispense career advice and to forecast general doom, but that hardly suffices. And, yes, there are always those well-meaning, pushy relatives to talk up eligible singles as the man or woman of your future.

Too Picky

A few weeks ago, I had just returned from a trip to New York to meet someone my rabbi tried to set me up with — a member of his

former congregation there. On my first Friday night back in shul, I was confronted by close married friends of mine with the question.

No Religious Bias in Racy ‘Bodice Rippers’

While there are no statistics to prove it, the anecdotal evidence is overwhelming. Typing \”Jewish romance novel\” into Google calls up dozens of bodice rippers featuring Jewish themes or characters, and not all published by small presses.

Uma Thurman, Shiksa Goddess

Sandra Bullock was all set to take the role of Rafi Gardet in the movie \”Prime,\” playing the 37-year-old woman who falls in love with a 23-year-old Jewish artist. But two weeks before shooting, Bullock pulled out.

Channel Surf With the Tribe

Welcome to fall: The time of High Holidays, contemplation, repentance and really, really long services.

And did I mention TV?

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