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Updated on a regular basis, The Human Touch our Jewish dating blog features the freshest and most compelling content available. Here's just a sample of the dating advice, stories, and inspiration you will receive from The Human Touch:

You Are Special, Unique and Different

Smile at the world and the world will smile back at you. Smile in your picture and in your messages, and you’ll be surprised to get so many smiles in return.

Let your qualities shine through- talk about them honestly. You are special, unique, and different- count the ways out loud.

Be honest now and forever hold back pretence. It will save you time, effort, and embarrassments a-plenty.

Be clear and be direct. What is important to you about yourself, about others, about relationships? Stand up and be counted. You never get a second chance to make a first impression!
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A Compelling Kind of Love

There are two dimensions to love, two very distinct and significant kinds of love – one of them we could call the pleasant love, the pleasurable love, the love that makes you feel good, that makes you feel content, satisfied, full, complete. There is another love, maybe even more crucial and essential to relationship and this I think we could call the compelling love, the kind of love that doesn’t let you be content. It motivates you, compels you to get up and do something. It’s a love that compels action. It can be described more as a commitment, a devotion, a responsibility to the one you love and that kind of love is probably the core, the heart of a relationship.
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Coming Soon: Profile Tips!

In online dating, your profile is your first impression — make it count!

Eric Resnick, our in-house profile specialist, will bring you expert advice for improving your profile.

Learn how to send the right signals, and get the responses you deserve! Jewish dating, just got easier.

Watch this space for profile advice from Eric Resnick

Did You Ever Love?

One of the spiritual greats of the 10th century, Rabbi Israel Lipkin, known as Rabbi Israel, once observed a man eating a piece of chicken with great fervor. “What’s the excitement all about?” asked the rabbi.

“I love this chicken,” replied the man.

“I highly doubt you love the chicken,” the rabbi told him. “This chicken was slaughtered, plucked, sliced and then cooked for your sake. Is this how you treat all those you love?
“I highly doubt you love the chicken; you love yourself — your gullet, your taste buds and your abdomen. You cherish the chicken for being able to serve your esophagus so proficiently.”
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It's History

Over the years, singles have asked me if they should disclose their relationship history with their dating partners. While some of this information may be important for a potential partner to know, there are a few guidelines that I recommend before deciding to “bare all.”

Q: Dear Dr. Love Coach, I am about to propose to a woman I’ve known for 15 years. We were friends in college, married other people, but now both of us are divorced. What I’m wondering is this — Is it proper for me to ask about her past relationships and/or sex life ? If so, what types of questions are okay? George

A: Dear George, I’m a little surprised that you’re asking for permission to inquire into your girlfriend’s relationship history this late in the game. My question to you is this — What difference would it make if you had this information? My hope is that the answer would be “not much.” So is it “proper” for you to ask about her past relationships and/or sex life? At this point, I’d have to say “no,” yet with a caveat.
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Prince Charming: Found

And he was in New York, all the time. Can you imagine that? A single Jewish man in New York? Manhattan, even…and we never met…

Ari Goldman, 34, who lives in Manhattan, where he runs a highly successful vintage comics enterprise, outpaced dozens of other eligible Jewish males who were interviewed by a local production company in a global search to find a Jewish Prince Charming for 17 similarly recruited Jewish Cinderellas.

He outpaced dozens of other eligible Jewish males! DOZENS! Alert the media! But with a name like that, don’t even bother to Google him. (Trust me. All you’ll get is listings for former NY Times reporter, Columbia Journalism professor and author Ari L. Goldman.)
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4 Habits of Highly Successful Lovers

What is life about? The Kabbalah teaches that the essence of life — the very theme of life — is love. What is the motivating drive in the world? What is driving us all, pushing us through? It is love. Ultimately, all people want to love and be loved. The funny thing is some of those popular songs are right –”Without love I am nothing, nothing at all” is actually true. And “All you need is love, love, love” is also true. But it’s not so easy. It’s a lot of work. Just how the Torah and Kabbalah teach us to do this is what we will examine in this and upcoming articles. To start off we need to understand how you and I came to be – the very dynamics of our creation.
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