The Chief Rabbi has introduced plans to launch the UK’s first-ever Jewish Matchmaking Movement thanks to a new partnership with Netflix’s Jewish Matchmaking star Aleeza Ben Shalom and World Mizrachi.
At the Chief Rabbi’s Annual Conference this week, relationship coach and matchmaker Ben Shalom joined Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis in announcing their upcoming initiative to help Jewish singles meet one another and, ultimately, create more Jewish marriages and families.
“Strengthening Jewish families is one of the greatest investments we can make in the future of our communities,” Chief Rabbi Mirvis said. “This exciting new initiative, in partnership with Aleeza Ben Shalom and World Mizrachi, will bring renewed focus, energy, and expertise to the vital task of Jewish matchmaking.”
Ben Shalom, who partnered last year with World Mizrachi to launch the Jewish Matchmaking Movement, has been on a mission to forge a global, community-based matchmaking initiative to gives Jews everywhere opportunities to meet their bashert. According to an interview Ben Shalom gave World Mizrachi, the initiative would see experienced matchmakers placed in every Jewish community, not only to make matches but to make matchmakers: “Training the entire community how to make shidduchim.”
