The SC, and I don't mean South California
Well, I’ve got my first “thought”.
Let’s talk about the Shidduch Crisis.
As some of you know, I refer to the Jewish Press as the “Shidduch Press.”
The paper does have a few pieces on Israel and Torah and whatnot, but its main thrust is clearly discussion on the Shidduch Crisis. Let’s face it; any crisis makes for good copy, and the Shidduch Crisis (I think we’re going to start calling it SC from now on) is as good a crisis as any other to hook in readers.
Most Friday nights, after the rest of my family is finished with the paper, I jump immediately into the middle of the Shidduch Press. There we find various experts taking letters from readers lamenting how they’re child is the poster child for the SC.
The problem is, that despite experts tackling this issue week after week, we’re still in the crisis. I’m not saying I have a solution, mind you, I’m just saying…
We’ll leave the “Shadchan” magazine (yes there actually is such a thing, I have it in my house) for another time.
My question is, who actually is in this crisis?
Is it just young adults of the female persuasion, or are guys in it too?
Even if guys don’t have problems getting dates, they still have to go out with the girls who live with the SC over their heads daily; maybe that’s how they get affected?
And now for my big thought…
To paraphrase an economic term I heard somewhere, “A recession is when your neighbor is out of a job, a depression is when you’re out of a job.”
Does this mean if you’re sister can’t get a date, it’s a shidduch crisis; but if you’re friend’s sister can’t get a date, it’s only a shidduch “problem”?
Let’s talk about the Shidduch Crisis.
As some of you know, I refer to the Jewish Press as the “Shidduch Press.”
The paper does have a few pieces on Israel and Torah and whatnot, but its main thrust is clearly discussion on the Shidduch Crisis. Let’s face it; any crisis makes for good copy, and the Shidduch Crisis (I think we’re going to start calling it SC from now on) is as good a crisis as any other to hook in readers.
Most Friday nights, after the rest of my family is finished with the paper, I jump immediately into the middle of the Shidduch Press. There we find various experts taking letters from readers lamenting how they’re child is the poster child for the SC.
The problem is, that despite experts tackling this issue week after week, we’re still in the crisis. I’m not saying I have a solution, mind you, I’m just saying…
We’ll leave the “Shadchan” magazine (yes there actually is such a thing, I have it in my house) for another time.
My question is, who actually is in this crisis?
Is it just young adults of the female persuasion, or are guys in it too?
Even if guys don’t have problems getting dates, they still have to go out with the girls who live with the SC over their heads daily; maybe that’s how they get affected?
And now for my big thought…
To paraphrase an economic term I heard somewhere, “A recession is when your neighbor is out of a job, a depression is when you’re out of a job.”
Does this mean if you’re sister can’t get a date, it’s a shidduch crisis; but if you’re friend’s sister can’t get a date, it’s only a shidduch “problem”?
posted by MoDox Machmir Man at 3:07 PM
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This issue has come up a few times on the kallah magazine blog. See Josh's comment on the questions raised by the use of the term in http://kallahmagazine.com/WordPress/?p=310
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