Lucy Passaro (Diamond Point, New York)
& Jacob Smith (Somerville, Massachusetts)

Success Story

Jacob: I am fortunate to have a great social life in Boston. I go dancing, play recreational sports, go to concerts regularly, and I also go to a great shul. However, who I'm looking for in a spouse was so specific that I never found her in any of those places. SYAS let me make a detailed profile to say who I was looking for in a spouse, which my fiancee's matchmaker used to find me! My religious observance was the most important item I'm looking for in a spouse, and SYAS let me say very clearly what religious observance I was l looking for. I also liked that I started with people who were being clear that they were dating for marriage and who they were looking for. This took a lot of the pain and guesswork out of the process for me, and let me find my amazing fiancee! Shulamit: I went to Jewish events, used other matchmaking services, and had friends looking for a match for me. However, none of these approaches led to me finding my besheret. I also live in a rural area which made it difficult to meet people. SYAS took a lot of the guesswork out of the process because I could read my matches' detailed profiles to know if we were potentially compatible before meeting. I also appreciated the framework of shidduchim as a way to carefully evaluate the most important decision of my life.