TIMES OF ISRAEL
New web series charts trials of searching for your bashert in the Big Apple
by Renee Ghert-Zand
May 21, 2016

It is a truth universally acknowledged that it can be rough out there for Modern Orthodox Jews dating in New York. Unlike many of their secular peers, for this demographic, the dating scene is not about sowing wild oats, but finding a spouse — and fast. To make matters worse, recent statistical studies show the situation is even more burdensome on women thanks to a “man deficit,” or a shortage of young men of marriageable age among American Jews…But Leah Gottfried, a 25-year-old actor and director, decided she’d rather laugh and created a comedic web series called “Soon By You,” an irreverent look at the ups and downs of searching for one’s bashert in the Big Apple. READ MORE