The founder of a grass-roots match-making venture launched in Orthodox shuls over the High Holy Days has expressed disappointment at the pickiness of men over 40 who responded.
Daniela Pears, Mitzvah Day’s interfaith chair, said that around 8,000 leaflets promoting the We Go Together initiative were placed in the men’s seating areas of more than a dozen London area shuls.
The take-up was encouraging and a number have since been interviewed by members of the project’s network of volunteers with a view to finding them a match from a growing database of single women.
Mrs Pears reported that female applicants aged 40 and above outnumbered male respondents by 85 to 32.
