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.
JWed is an available service both through the website and the app. The latest version of the JWed app was released June 2024.
History
Between 2001 and 2012 the site was called Frumster, a play on the term
Frum
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Rob Schneider
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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.
The site attracted criticism in 2004 for refusing profiles from people describing themselves as
Conservative Jews
Conservative Judaism, also known as Masorti Judaism, is a Jewish religious movement that regards the authority of Jewish law and tradition as emanating primarily from the assent of the people through the generations, more than from divine rev ...
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In 2021 the site expanded operations by acquiring SuperTova.com.
Membership and marriages
In December 2005 the site said it had 20,000+ members and had facilitated over 500 known marriages. JWed CEO Derek Saker says that of June 2025, the site has over 80,000 members and has facilitated over 4,000 known marriages.
The site is open to all marriage-minded Jewish singles be they Orthodox observant or halachically Jewish singles.
See also
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Shidduch
The ''Shidduch'' (, pl. ''shidduchim'' , Aramaic ''shidduchin)'' is a system of matchmaking in which Jewish singles are introduced to one another in Orthodox Jewish communities for the purpose of marriage.
The practice
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References
External links
Frumster website Online Personals Watch, August 2008
Online dating services for specific interests
Websites about Jews and Judaism
Online dating services of the United States
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