JWed.com
JWed.com is an online dating service aimed at Jewish singles. The website, co-founded in 2001 by Ben Rabizadeh and Derek Saker, followed a predecessor called Dosidate, launched in 1997.[1]
JWed is an available service both through the website and the app. The latest version of the JWed app was released June 2024.
History
[edit | edit source]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]
In 2021 the site expanded operations by acquiring SuperTova.com.[4]
Membership and marriages
[edit | edit source]In December 2005 the site said it had 20,000+ members and had facilitated over 500 known marriages.[5] JWed CEO Derek Saker says that of June 2025, the site has over 80,000 members and has facilitated over 4,000 known marriages.[6]
The site is open to all marriage-minded Jewish singles be they Orthodox observant or halachically Jewish singles.[citation needed]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Frumster website
- Interview with Ben Rabizadeh, Online Personals Watch, August 2008
 | This article about a social networking service is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article on mass media related to Jews and Judaism is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a religious website is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |