Tips for Family and Friends | Making a Difference

Tips for Family and Friends Making a Difference: "The idea behind these melaveh-malka programs is that married friends, alone and together with their spouses, can be great social resources for singles, and part of thinking 'outside of the box' involves developing more friendships with married people of one's own gender. We know that for some people, it is easier said than done. In some singles enclaves of New York City, for example, married couples are hard to find. In other neighborhoods, singles and married may live close by but may not socialize too often because it is easier for them to identify with those who are at their own stage in life. That's a mistake all of us can ill afford to make.

One way to increase married/single socialization is by becoming involved in a local synagogue that has a number of married couples in your age range, rather than a synagogue that p"