![]() ![]() In spite of the unflattering stereotypes, matchmaking has caught a surprising second wind, finding a new audience in both popular media and real life. Recently, the ancient practice has trickled back into the Zeitgeist. Nowadays, matchmakers draw to mind Yente, Fiddler on the Roof’s resident busybody, or Crossing Delancey’s Hannah Mandelbaum, who thrusts photos of young singles into the faces of concerned grandparents and unwitting bachelors. Veneration for matchmakers was left behind in the Old World, though. Marriage brokers (called shadchanim in Yiddish) are highly respected in traditional communities, for creating a successful match is seen as not only a mitzvah but an act of God. ![]() ![]() For thousands of years, generation after generation of Jewish singles have relied on the Shidduch, the traditional Jewish matchmaking system, to find their beshert - their destiny, which some consider a soulmate. ![]()
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