{"id":643,"date":"2007-08-04T22:00:55","date_gmt":"2007-08-05T04:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=643"},"modified":"2007-12-08T15:52:18","modified_gmt":"2007-12-08T22:40:18","slug":"hooking-up-with-an-iranian-jewess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=643","title":{"rendered":"Even a Torah Weirdo Like Luke Ford can Find Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chaim Amalek emails: &quot;So all you gotta do Luke, is get some middle class money.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/iranianamericanjews.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/covering-iranian-jews-in-la-is-not.html\">Fischel Teitelbaum posts<\/a>: &quot;Let&#8217;s cut to the chase. What chance have I, an Anglo-looking American Jew with only middle class money to his name, of getting a date in this town with an attractive Iranian Jewess?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Karmel responds:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hi Fischel,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m no yenta but if you have a decent job and you come from a good family you have a great chance of hooking up with a foxy Queen Esther-like Jewess! <\/p>\n<p>Many of them are looking for American Jewish husbands&#8230; have you considered visiting the Nessah Persian shul in Beverly Hills? <\/p>\n<p>If not, try hooking with the Iranian Jewish male matchmaker for help. He does matches for free between American and Iranian Jews. I even wrote about him in my article <a href=\"http:\/\/iranianamericanjews.blogspot.com\/2007\/02\/forget-jdate-matchmaker-helps-angelenos.html\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaim Amalek emails: &quot;So all you gotta do Luke, is get some middle class money.&quot; Fischel Teitelbaum posts: &quot;Let&#8217;s cut to the chase. 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