JWed.com is an online dating service aimed at Jewish singles. The website, co-founded in 2001 by Ben Rabizadeh and Derek Saker, followed a predecessor called Dosidate, launched in 1997.[1] Between 2001 and 2012 the site was called Frumster, a play on the term Frum and a joke by Rob Schneider.[1]
In October 2012, Frumster.com changed its name to JWed.com. JWed launched in 2007 as a white-label site, sharing profile listings with Frumster.com until the name was completely changed 2012.[2]
The site attracted criticism in 2004 for refusing profiles from people describing themselves as Conservative Jews.[3] The site is now open to all marriage-minded Jewish singles be they Orthodox observant or halachically Jewish singles.[citation needed]
JWed is an available service both through the website and the app. The latest version of the JWed app was launched April 2024.
Membership and marriages
editIn December 2005 the site says it had 20,000 members and had facilitated over 500 marriages.[4] JWed CEO Derek Saker says that of March 2024, the site has over 80,000 members and has facilitated over 3,900 marriages.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Hip Modern Orthodox ISO Same". Forward.com. 19 September 2003. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Dating site Frumster commits to new name: JWed". Thejc.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
- ^ "Frum Enough for Frumster? - the Jewish Week | HighBeam Research". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ^ Gordon, Dave (December 16, 2005). "Already hundreds wed: Internet dating site leads couples to a chuppah". Jewish Independent. Archived from the original on August 18, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ^ Rabizadeh, Ben (November 18, 2019). "Fraud in the digital dating age". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
External links
edit- Frumster website
- Interview with Ben Rabizadeh, Online Personals Watch, August 2008
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