📋 Show Notes:

In this inspiring episode of Judaism with Altitude, we sit down with Neima, JDenver’s beloved matchmaker and dating coach — a woman who spent 21 years navigating the ups and downs of Jewish dating before meeting her husband. Now, she uses her story and hard-earned wisdom to guide others toward meaningful relationships.

She shares:

• 💔 The emotional reality of dating for over two decades

• 🧠 The mindset shifts that helped her move forward

• 💡 Practical advice for Jewish singles who are feeling stuck

• ❤️ Hope-filled reminders that your journey is uniquely valuable

• 🔁 Why her long dating experience now makes her an empathetic and effective coach

Whether you’re single, dating, or simply looking to understand the dating experience better, this conversation is packed with real talk, useful tips, and encouragement.

If you’re looking to dive deeper, here are some highly recommended resources mentioned in this episode:

• Matchmaker Matchmaker: A Guide to Finding Love That Lasts by Aleeza Ben Shalom

• Get Real, Get Married: Get Over Your Hurdles and Under the Chuppah by Aleeza Ben Shalom

• Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment by Amir Levine & Rachel Heller

🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts — and don’t forget to share with a friend who could use a little dating encouragement!

Join us as we interview Erin, an extremely talented business-woman and matchmaker. Since joining J-Denver as a matchmaker , Erin has facilitated 120 mutual matches. She has instilled hope into countless singles, and has given great advice to help people find compatible partners. You don't want to miss this episode!

To sign up for the platform, please go to www.jdenver.org.

In honor of their son's third birthday, Sara and Danny discuss 5 parenting insights. Even if you do not have children these insights are helpful with all kinds of interpersonal relationships-- please listen and subscribe!

Join us as we interview the one and only Blake Dickman who shares his inspiring journey with us. Blake was always an avid athlete growing up in Ken Caryl, very small Jewish Community in Littleton, Colorado. He experienced anti-Semitism throughout his life, and rather than allow that adversity to push him away, he utilized it to embrace his heritage and to lean into his Judaism.

On this episode we interview the inspirational Rachael Amchislavskiy. We discuss her background growing up secular in Paradise, CA, and her Jewish journey as she embraced her Judaism. We delve into topics that includes the perceived tension between feminism and Judaism and much, much more!

Some reflections on the upcoming Hostage Deal with some insights from this week's Parsha, Parshas Shemos.

In this episode in honor of their 18 year anniversary, Danny and Sara discuss some of the lessons they have learned about marriage. Please tune in for some great practical marriage tips that can help enhance your own marriage, or help prepare you for marriage as you date.

Listen in on Danny and Sara's conversation about his recent trip to Israel, literally one hour after he returned home! They discuss the beauty of being in Israel over Chanukah, the holiness of the country, why they chose not to live there, and Danny's first ever experience with an Israeli bomb shelter, as the Houthis were up to no good.