The top online Jewish dating service for observant & traditional singles, increasingly attracts thousands of less-affiliated Jewish singles, who likewise seek a committed relationship.
While today there are many online Jewish dating services, only JWed has been around for more than 28 years and has seen over 4,100 verified marriages.
How has JWed brought success to so many singles?
It’s hard to believe that an online dating service launched over 25 years ago as Frumster.com, from a basement in Passaic, New Jersey, has become one of the most successful online Jewish dating for marriage services.
Some may remember the service was originally branded as Frumster.com – but was then later rebranded as JWed, accepting Jewish singles of all background.
Back then, to many, online dating was seen as a medium of “last resort.”
Today, everyone knows someone who met on JWed.
Derek Saker, CEO and Co-Founder of JWed, points to three main factors driving singles success for members. Authenticity of membership through vigorous screening, innovative features enabling members to put their best foot forward and an empowering and less dismissive dating environment.
JWed rejects more profiles than are approved every day
Unlike most other Jewish dating services, at JWed every new registrant is hands-on screened. Members complete a comprehensive registration and once reviewed, and if approved, can search and message potential matches within a safe and comfortable online dating environment.
JWed has tens of thousands of approved marriage-minded Jewish singles of all ages, locations, Jewish backgrounds and outlooks. From Hassidic to Reform, from New York to Jerusalem and everything in-between – the common denominator – is Jewish singles who are sincerely looking for a committed relationship and marriage.
Expanding geographical horizons
Derek Saker, met his own wife, Devorah on JWed. He was living in New York, she was in London. Their match is reflective of the fact that almost 77% of the marriages on JWed - are between singles out of city/state and country.
As Derek shares, “Truth is that I had no plans to leave the U.S. – and if anyplace Israel. But after just a few communications, I immediately felt Devorah was someone very special and had to pursue …all the way to London, UK! “
The focus for JWed members is finding their true Jewish soulmate, not just on the best locally available Jewish single.
Empowering Jewish Women
Very interestingly, over 65% of JWed marriages, are marriages where it was the woman who initiated the first message. In the Jewish dating world – not least the more traditional and observant worlds this is especially poignant. With JWed, female Jewish singles, whether more introverted or extroverted, feel especially empowered, and do not sit by the phone as it were – but take the dating driving seat. Adinah, who met her now husband Josh on JWed shares, “When I saw Josh’s very interesting profile, and that he had recently joined, I decided there was no way I was going to wait!” Adinah and Josh have been married now for 5 years and have two wonderful young children
Go Beyond The Swipe
JWed provides diverse profile tools, enabling members to put their best foot forward, by creating a captivating profile to optimize engagement with other potential matches.
From VoiceIntro where a member can add an audio introduction to their profile, to FriendsIntro, where friends can post positive reflections on a member, JWed’s many proprietary tools, enable every single to present a far more holistic and inviting introduction to themselves - beyond just a photo and the generic, beyond the swipe.
Marc, from Los Angeles who met his Rochelle wife from Chicago on JWed comments “What I found on JWed, was given the initial absence of physically being able to meet, is that we really got to appreciate a lot of depth about each other - before even that first in-person date. Why do I say this? Because I embarrassingly admit, I did not realize how tall Shani really was in real-life - someone I would probably have otherwise dismissed. But given how I already knew we had so much in common and that their was a mutual attraction, I dismissed my height precondition for what it was - irrelevant!
Saker says that JWed constantly looks to find a balance. On the one hand, enabling members to search by many specific criteria and easily view one profile to the next, while at the same time, ensuring a less-dismissive dating environment by presenting each member more comprehensively, and showing the depth and beauty of every Jewish single member.
Find Your Chosen One on JWed,com Today!
This article was written in cooperation with JWED