A convention of matchmakers are helping young Jews make love, not war. Leading “yentas” from New York and around the world descended on Philadelphia Thursday and Friday for the inaugural “YentaCon,” ...

For generations, matchmaking was relegated to the most observant Jewish communities. However, as exemplified by the wildly popular Jewish Matchmaking series on Netflix, the demand for matchmaking ...

Linnea Sage, center, hosts The Jewish Dating Game on stage in New York on Sept. 16, 2025. (Courtesy of The Jewish Dating Game) The idea for The Jewish Dating Game came to Linnea Sage in the middle of ...

Weiss added in an email that she’s “been in contact with easily hundreds of Jewish singles.” YentaNet is not alone in trying to bring traditional matchmaking into the 21st Century. Time recently ...

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a… Netflix show. Jewish Matchmaking, from the creators of Indian Matchmaking, is now streaming on Netflix. Launched last month, the program features Aleeza Ben Shalom, ...

They are personable, computer-savvy and meticulous about their work. So can we stop calling them “yentas”? South Florida’s Jewish marriage and dating specialists bear no resemblance to the gossipy, ...

MacEwan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. MacEwan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. While there have been popular TV shows featuring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sara Zoldan, Jeremy and Ilana Hamburgh kiss; at YentaCon attendees A convention of matchmakers are helping young Jews make love, ...