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That's the trick. Several rabbis and rebbetzens (wives of rabbis who also teach religious studies) are looking to match me up with suitable gentlemen for something equivalent to blind dating for marriage. I'm optimistic about the whole process. I'll only be set up to date men who my mentors consider good matches for me in terms of direction and personal qualities. It's really quite an upgrade over any of previous approaches for meeting men. I'll avoid all the trouble my friends have run into of falling in love with men who refuse to commit. Religious Jewish men are falling all over themselves to marry by their mid-twenties. I'll also avoid the problem of falling in love physically and emotionally with men who don't share my direction. That was fine when I was 22, but not anymore.

That said, there are at least two men that I've already met who I would be willing to marry. One is 18 and currently a freshman at a fine liberal arts college with a longstanding rivalry with Amherst. I'm not sure he's in the mood for a relationship let alone marriage. He's also too young for my current ambitions. But all that aside, I couldn't be more fond of him. Maybe I'll send you a picture.

There is also a man who lives in the Old City of Jerusalem. He's 27, more spiritual than religious (like me), politically involved, sensitive, and he is just beautiful. He has a girlfriend so he's also off the hook for now. But we'll see what his situation is when I meet him again in the fall.