JWed.com is an online dating service aimed at Jewish singles. The website, founded in 2001, 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.

Membership and marriages

In December 2005 the site says it had 20,000 members and had facilitated over 500 marriages.[4] JWed CEO Ben Rabizadeh says that of November 2019, the site had facilitated over 3300 marriages.[5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hip Modern Orthodox ISO Same". Forward.com. 19 September 2003. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Dating site Frumster commits to new name: JWed". Thejc.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  3. ↑ "Frum Enough for Frumster? - the Jewish Week | HighBeam Research". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Rabizadeh, Ben (November 18, 2019). "Fraud in the digital dating age". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 22 November 2021.


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