![]() ![]() Her mantras include “If in doubt, go out” and “Date ’em til you hate ’em” – in other words, stop being so picky, give people a chance, and don’t be blinded/put off by mere looks. ![]() ![]() Aleeza has been married for 20 years, had five children and got 200 couples to the altar. ![]() Netflix’s new reality series is, whatever the religious topspin, basically a matter of getting a mum in to sort everyone’s nonsense out. Do you remember a few months ago when ITV seemed to be recruiting for an older version of Love Island, involving people who had been round the block a few times and were probably a little less tolerant of BS than the average millennial/Gen-Xer? This is a stepping stone on the way – possibly even a springboard to – that vision. And while I cannot begin to describe Aleeza’s accompanying facial expression, I can say this – it matches the audio.Īnd that, really, is the essence of Jewish Matchmaking. In reality, it is a noise that makes even the hitherto impregnably confident Ori shrink visibly before her. On paper you might represent it as “Eeeugch”. She wasn’t the gorgeous, vivacious, intelligent, blue-eyed, blond Israeli Jewish woman who spoke Hebrew that he’d requested, was she? Imagine, if you will, the spirit of all middle-aged mothers gathering in the soul of one, fixing him with a gimlet eye and producing a single sound that speaks for them all. Matchmaker Aleeza Ben Shalom is talking to her 30-year-old client Ori about the date she sent him on with a gorgeous, vivacious, intelligent, brown-eyed, brunette Israeli Jewish actor who spoke Hebrew. References This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia ( view authors).I cannot do justice to the best scene in Jewish Matchmaking with only the paltry resource of the written word at my disposal, but as it encapsulates the entire series in one perfect moment, it is incumbent on me to try.
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