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EndTheMadness Guide to the Shidduch World
EndTheMadness Guide to the Shidduch World
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CONTENTS
Introduction .............................. .............................1
The Problem
Chapter 1 – Truth Is Stranger Than Science Fiction ..................... 5
Chapter 2 – The Elusive and Illusive Quest for “Frumkeit” ......... 16
Chapter 3 – The Elimination of Natural Meetings ...................... 30
Chapter 4 – The Failure of the Matchmaking System ................. 35
Chapter 5 – Just Follow the Script .............................................. 42
Chapter 6 – The Rise of Feminism .............................................. 48
Chapter 7 – The Advancement of Technology ............................ 61
The EndTheMadness Label Lexicon .................................... 64
Chapter 8 – The Dreaded Shidduch Résumé .............................. 80
Chapter 9 – Stupid and Insensitive Things People Say To Singles ... 86
Chapter 10 – The Isolation of Singles ....................................... 100
Chapter 11 – False Hope (or what dating web sites should file for) .................... 102
The Solution
Chapter 1 – Wise Words from a Blind Man .............................. 107
Chapter 2 – The EndTheMadness Covenant ............................ 110
Chapter 3 – Natural Meetings ................................................... 131
Chapter 4 – Events for Singles (NOT Singles Events) ............... 141
Chapter 5 – Matchmaking ........................................................ 150
Chapter 6 – HotKiddush: Online Meetings Revolutionized ...... 162
Chapter 7 – The Role of Singles in the Solution ........................ 171
Chapter 8 – The Role of the Community .................................. 177
Chapter 9 – Dating More Than One Person at a Time ............. 180
Chapter 10 – When Should One Begin Dating? ........................ 184
Chapter 11 – Should One Wait for an Older Sibling? ............... 186
Chapter 12 – Icebreakers ........................................................... 188
Chapter 13 – Short Lessons from the Torah .............................. 189
Epilogue .................................................................................... 194
Appendix
The Dating Survival Guide for Orthodox Jewish Men .............. 197
The Shidduch Value Calculator................................................. 217
Debunking the Age Gap Theory ............................................... 226
The “Dhimmis” Among Us: Judaism’s Lower Class .................. 243
Appropriate Shidduch Questions ............................................... 251
Bitachon and Hishtadlus in Shidduchim (and elsewhere) .......... 256
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