About this episode

Rivkah Fox discusses her experiences and insights as a Jewish matchmaker, addressing the challenges and realities of the matchmaking system.

Rivkah Fox has been matchmaking since she was sixteen - and she’s not afraid to say the system she inherited needs work. Rivkah Fox, third-generation Jewish matchmaker and founder of BlindFate, joins Pod by Pen to talk about her 4,000-person singles database spanning 8 countries, the accidental Instagram experiment that turned into a movement, and the wild, funny, sometimes heartbreaking messages she gets as a matchmaker. We get into what men and women actually want versus what they say they want, the “shidduch crisis” debate, and the match that shouldn’t have worked on paper - but did. Follow Rivkah: Instagram: @rivkahfox Link to join free database https://form.fillout.com/t/kMMqHXnjBbus?src=war Website: rivkahfox.com For sponsorships & inquiries: Podbypen@gmail.com Follow along:@podbypen @penkunstler

People in this episode

Host: Penina Kunstler

Guest: Rivkah Fox

Topics covered

• Jewish matchmaking
• shidduch crisis
• relationship advice
• singles database
• social media impact

Keywords

• matchmaking
• Jewish singles
• relationship dynamics
• shidduch crisis
• social media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BlindFate, Instagram, rivkahfox.com

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