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Meteor shower, harbinger of romance?

Hinda Mandell | November 19, 2009

By Faigel
“I need some straight men in my life!” the Maidel pined at Sunday brunch over vegan bacon, organic, cage-free eggs, and French-pressed coffee.  The three gay men sitting at the table stared back at her.
“Me too,” said one.
The second one wrinkled his forehead, frowning his eyes sympathetically.
“Maidel, I don’t really know any single, straight [...]

Matchmaking that’s shtetl-icious

Hinda Mandell | November 19, 2009

By Maidel
I have it coming at me from all sides. First, I come from a culture of matchmakers. (Anyone see “Fiddler on the Roof” lately?) Second, I come from a family of matchmakers. Correction, I come from a family of failed matchmakers.
Let’s take two steps back to the first premise: “I come from a culture [...]