Comments on: Shidduch/Dating Crisis!!! http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/lifecycle/shidduchdating-crisis/ Mixed Multitudes Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:46:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Daniel Septimus http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/lifecycle/shidduchdating-crisis/#comment-978 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:07:10 +0000 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/lifecycle/shidduchdating-crisis/#comment-978 That's not the right analogy. I'm not asking about the social situation, I'm asking about the newspaper reporting. If the Forward and the Wall Street Journal wrote an article about the fact that 12 and 13 year-old Jews are having coming-of-age ceremonies, I would indeed ask the same question. But I'm not just commenting on the descriptive part of the article. I'm commenting on the analysis. Is there really no way to dig any deeper? Off the top of my head, here's one angle that would be novel and may provide new insight: How about interviews with the men? Do they think this is a problem? Do they think they're contributing to it by marrying younger women? Are they concerned about their future daughters? There very well may be a serious story here, but for some reason, all the reports stay on the surface level. That's my problem with them. That’s not the right analogy. I’m not asking about the social situation, I’m asking about the newspaper reporting.

If the Forward and the Wall Street Journal wrote an article about the fact that 12 and 13 year-old Jews are having coming-of-age ceremonies, I would indeed ask the same question.

But I’m not just commenting on the descriptive part of the article. I’m commenting on the analysis.

Is there really no way to dig any deeper?

Off the top of my head, here’s one angle that would be novel and may provide new insight:

How about interviews with the men?

Do they think this is a problem? Do they think they’re contributing to it by marrying younger women? Are they concerned about their future daughters?

There very well may be a serious story here, but for some reason, all the reports stay on the surface level.

That’s my problem with them.

]]> by: hannahleah http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/lifecycle/shidduchdating-crisis/#comment-977 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:43:47 +0000 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/lifecycle/shidduchdating-crisis/#comment-977 It is the same old story, but to some people (the young adults of the moment), it is new. You might as well ask why they keep having b'nei mitzvahs or graduation ceremonies in high schools or colleges, since they did this last year. It is the same old story, but to some people (the young adults of the moment), it is new. You might as well ask why they keep having b’nei mitzvahs or graduation ceremonies in high schools or colleges, since they did this last year.

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