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Dates for Zoroastrians?
While Parsi/Irani Zoroastrian priests fret and fume over their religious and racial brethren marrying outside the fold, Jewish rabbis are attempting to reverse the trend.
According to a dispatch from the Reuters news service that appeared in The Times of India of January 23, 2008, “American rabbis are turning to an on-line dating service in a bid to help Jews marry Jews… A few rabbis have started offering subscriptions to their congregants on JDate (www.jdate.com), an online network dedicated to hooking up Jewish singles.”
According to some estimates, around 50 percent of US Jews who marry select non-Jewish spouses, states Reuters. For Parsis/Iranis in Bombay the out-marriage percentage is between 30 and 35. Any takers for starting a ZDate.com venture?
According to a dispatch from the Reuters news service that appeared in The Times of India of January 23, 2008, “American rabbis are turning to an on-line dating service in a bid to help Jews marry Jews… A few rabbis have started offering subscriptions to their congregants on JDate (www.jdate.com), an online network dedicated to hooking up Jewish singles.”
According to some estimates, around 50 percent of US Jews who marry select non-Jewish spouses, states Reuters. For Parsis/Iranis in Bombay the out-marriage percentage is between 30 and 35. Any takers for starting a ZDate.com venture?
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