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Already hundreds wed
Intemet dating site leads couples to a chuppah.
DAVE GORDON
Very few people can say they've been involved in 500 weddings. Tlie staff at Fmmster.com can. Tlie Intemet dating site has now made 500 (virtual) trips to tlie chuppah, all across tlie globe, making it tlie most successful Jewish dating-for-marriage service on the Intemet.
Averaging 16 matched members a month, the four-year-old website boasts almost 20,000 active worldwide members who are serious about finding their bash-erte (soulmate).
Rachel Stefansky and Jonathan Strauss are just two of those singles who used Frumster.com to find their soulmate.
Stefansky looked long and hard for her basherte, but finding the right guy in her hometown of Basel, Switzerland, proved to be difficult. She began using Frum-ster.com because she knew that this would give her thousands of men to choose from from all over the world.
Strauss, a 28-year-old New Jersey resident, had become fmstrated with being set up by friends, so he turned to Fmmster.
Stefansky stumbled upon his profile on a lark, and became his first Frumster date. (More tlian 53 per cent of all Frumster marriages are the result of women initially contacting men.)
Stefansky discovered Strauss's profile days before taking one of her several trips to tlie Unitc"d States to meet guys she had talked to on Frumster. TJie photo he had recently posted on liis profile cauglit her eye. She already liad five dates lined up for her visit, but decided to include Strauss as well. Tliey met online on a Monday and went out in person for real tliat Wednesday.
Strauss was used to a laid-back approach to dating. "You get to know someone; you go out maybe once a week," he observed. "Rachel had less patience for wasting time. We went out for long dates, sometimes 10 hours long." Three days later, he had a plane ticket in his hand and was heading for Switzerland to go on more dates.
Strauss spent a week in Switzerland, taking in the sites with Stefansky. Tliey hit it ofi', proving tliat true love has no borders. Tlie two were Frumster Match #175 and were married in Ramat Gan, Israel, on 17 lyyar 5765 (May 26, 2005).
Botli liad tried otlier Intemet dating sites, but came up with slim pickings, and found that, according to Strauss; Frumster was "a much better way to meet people
Before, no one believed in it; that you could find your basherte on the Internet.
tliese days," and had tilings to offer that otlier sites did not. .
Tliougli they both knew they could check out each otliefs references on Frumster, it was an option that tliey chose to forego.
"I wanted to get to know him myself," said Stefansky.
Tlie online photos also helped. "I am very relieved it wasn't a blind date," said Strauss. "It makes tilings a lot easier."
It was an added bonus that through Frumster, no one else knew that they were dating, and they could keep it private for as long as they wanted. Members can conduct searches and contact potential matches anonymously.
Both are pleased that Frumster has live support, along witli interactive forums and social events - it is not an "impersonal" website.
Marketing director Derek Sak-er believes that much of Frum-ster's success can be ascribed to rigorous screening and ongoing controls, which all help to ensure as large a pool of genuine members as possible.
"It started to provide a more secure dating environment with insightful profiles that asked the right questions," he said, "and to address tlie growing singles crisis."
Tlie, full-time staff ensures ap-. propriate standards by screening all members.
Wlien Frumster started out, no real names were used, but now members must supply fiiU names. In Nortli America, the Passaic, N J.-based staff phones members personally, to make sure everyone's authentic. As well, immediate investigation and action is taken when complaints are received. Frumster, which began as a site solely for Orthodox Jews, continues to draw sincere singles of all ages and affiliations.
"Everyone we knew was laughing and making fun when we were going on Frumster," said Stefansky. "But this is the future of dating. Before, no one believed in it; that you could find your basherte on llie Intemet. But now that we've met, our friends and family have posted their profiles."
Her husband concurs: "Tliis is a place where you can meet otliers looking for a serious relationship. Treat it like it's a place to meet people, where you can cliat, ask questions and go out and meet the person you're going to marry." S
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