Online dating

OKCupid launches Hebrew version, with special personalization for traditional, orthodox Jews

This new feature will include a variety of personalization questions to help find a match for users' diverse lifestyles, the company said.

MARCH 23, 2026|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

A person looks at the Grindr app in the App Store on a phone in Los Angeles on March 27, 2019. A Chinese firm has been ordered by American national security officials to sell popular gay dating app Grindr, The Wall Street Journal reported on March 27.

TikTok monitored Grindr activity through third-party tracker, privacy group alleges

NOYB said TikTok tracked a particular user's Grindr activity via data firm AppsFlyer, raising concerns about breaches of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

DECEMBER 17, 2025|ByREUTERS

A couple share a romantic glass of champagne in the Golan Heights

Cuddle up for winter: OkCupid reveals data on Israeli's dating habits

Israel’s short winter may be brief, but its emotional impact is not. OkCupid data shows colder weather pushes singles indoors, heightening loneliness and the desire for connection.

DECEMBER 17, 2025|ByESTHER DAVIS

An illustrative image of a faceless, hooded figure at a computer.

Three young men, including IDF soldier, arrested for running sex site blackmail scam

Three young men operated a profile purporting to be a young woman on dating and sex sites, where they would blackmail victims to send them thousands of shekels.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

What is single-shaming - and did you suffer from it this Rosh Hashanah?

A study conducted by dating service app Bumble found that two-thirds of Israeli singles have suffered from what has been coined as 'single-shaming.'

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022ByLIOR TUSHIA/MAARIV

“Young Tel Avivians at MINYAN. Participants from diverse backgrounds are invited to celebrate Shabbat with 10 total strangers in an attempt to form a new kind of Jewish community"

Online flirting can cause trouble in relationships, study finds

Two studies were conducted in which romantically involved people chatted online with an attractive person who was a member of the research team.

JULY 26, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

New Israeli dating app replaces profile pictures with animal avatars

Called Lua — dating with depth, the app is currently in beta-testing. Users will have their photos replaced with animal avatars when talking to a match.

JULY 19, 2022ByAARON REICH

Israeli AI chat bot Algo seeks to matchmake Jews worldwide

Algo offers singles possible matches based on a series of questions and then offers dating advice to the couples.

MAY 15, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN

Study suggest 600% increase in female dating profiles stating 'looking for a feminist'

Dating app OkCupid reveals what women are really looking for in their partners in the 2020’s.

MARCH 9, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Virtual relationships, online dating and social networking concept - woman sending kisses with computer monitor

'Tinder Swindler' breaks silence, calls himself 'gentleman'

“I want to clear my name, I want to tell the world it's not true,” Simon Leviev – the subject of Netflix's hit film "The Tinder Swindler" – told Inside Edition.

FEBRUARY 22, 2022ByBEN ZION GAD

What do you get when you combine TikTok and Tinder?

There is an entire underbelly of dating already occurring on TikTok, so Snack took the opportunity, creating the perfect mashup of Tinder meets TikTok.

FEBRUARY 13, 2022ByJAIMIE DING/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS

The dating app Tinder is shown on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken September 1, 2020. Picture taken September 1, 2020.

Valentine's Day: How do Jewish couples meet, marry?

Focusing on 11 couples, engaged or married, who met through an intermediary – a friend, classmate, family member, rabbi, matchmaking app or a Facebook group.

FEBRUARY 10, 2022ByLEAH HAKIMIAN