Shidduch emergency crisis
Shidduch vetting in the Orthodox world has gotten out of control, writes Tamar Snyder in the Wall Street Journal:
Just as the economy is headed to recession, the shidduch system is in crisis mode. Or so the rabbis moan, noting the surplus of women eager to marry and the corresponding shortfall in the quality and quantity of available Jewish men. It's not that there are more Orthodox women than men out there; experts instead attribute the shortage to the broader sociological trend of postponing marriage, which works to the disadvantage of women looking for spouses their own age or just a few years older. Men who are 30 will date women as young as 18 and may turn their noses up at dating any woman past the age of 25. The 20% or 30% of women who don't get hitched right away begin to worry they'll be left out in the cold for good.
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Why can’t a Jewish lady plumber or electrician be a good wife to a Jewish male college granduate? My experience in life is that many female “craftspersons” make excellent wives for college graduates. In addition to many other considerations, they can fix stuff around the house without paying a lot of money to a goyishe plumber or electrician.
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Eugene M. Kravis, DVM,
07/11/08 03:08 PM
Look to basic socioeconomic trends as the problem, and where to find the solution. The loss of potential good paying jobs for non college men (blue collar,union type, off shore), women competing for those jobs that are left don’t leave men the opportunity to be good husbands, and providers. A significant number still live at home with parents after the age of 25. A college man 30+ doesn’t want or have to marry a lady plumber! Lady - wife and mother or plumber or electrician - make your choice!