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Dating While Ultra-Orthodox? Better Update Your Shidduch Resume.

First step towards a dream job: a top-notch resume. But what if you also needed a CV to get your dream girl/boy? And we don’t mean updating your JSwipe profile with new emojis. We’re talking about “shidduch resumes,” a standard tool in ultra-Orthodox dating. In these circles, there’s no notion of “casual” dating: singles date […]

By Dalia Wolfson

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Searching For a Long-Lost Lover, From Israel to the American Open Road

Is That You?, a new film by director Dani Menkin, straddles two rom-com sub-genres: the road trip movie and the film-about-making-a-film movie. Ronnie (Alon Aboutboul), a recently laid-off Israeli projectionist, is given an unusual severance gift of a trip to America, which he uses to find Rachel, a long-lost love from his twenties. Along the […]

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A Rabbi (and Movie) for All Your Sexual Hangups

“You think a rabbi could teach you anything about sex?” asks director Ricardo Adler. It’s a fair question. Adler has made a spiritual and sensuous documentary called The Lost Key that explores this provocative topic. He came to this project from a very personal need. He went through a traumatic divorce and wanted guidance on […]

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Dating While Ultra-Orthodox? Better Update Your Shidduch Resume.

Searching For a Long-Lost Lover, From Israel to the American Open Road

A Rabbi (and Movie) for All Your Sexual Hangups

Got a Stubborn & Rebellious Son? The Torah Says: Stone Him.

Nature Boy

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Free Love

Postcards from Hell

A Sexy Outsider’s View of Yeshiva

Love and Garbage

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