Boca Raton resident Andrew Rudnick has created Jewzz, a new dating app for Jewish singles, which debuted in April and already has more than 6,000 users.
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On the Lookout for Love at the (Virtual) Matzo Ball
Ask any Jewish person if they know someone who has met their partner at a Matzo Ball, and chances are they’ll answer in the affirmative. (Illustration by Jason Raish)
On the Lookout for Love at the (Virtual) Matzo Ball
On Christmas Eve, I sailed off on an online journey to find a savory Jewish date. Instead, I ended up in the soup
Anyone who has enjoyed a bowl of matzo ball soup knows that matzo balls are either sinkers or floaters. Cooking up a floater is a lot like finding love; it requires an almost alchemical combination of luck and timing. A buoyant ball seems to defy nature, while a dense, leaden orb can sit in your stomach stewing for a long time. Then there’s the annual Christmas Eve Matzo Ball, a mixer for single members of the tribe, founded in 1987 by entrepreneur Andy Rudnick. Since then, Matzo Balls have been held in dozens of cities around in U.S. This year, the ball pivoted from in-person to online, in what w