About twelve years ago, an MJE participant, a die-hard upper West Side single—with whom I had become close and who had finally gotten engaged—got up to speak at his Aufruf, the celebration of Shabbat before his wedding. He told the large crowd that Shabbat morning: “My wedding tomorrow is nothing short of a miracle because from a pure statistical point of view, the chances I could find a wife were almost impossible”. He then went on to share his brilliant statistical analysi

PUBLISHED IN THE FORWARD COURTESY OF GO2FILMS DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING Despite the ease with which men and women connect using phones, social media and the Internet, lasting relationships seem to be harder than ever to obtain. When it comes to Millennials, there are serious obstacles in finding compatible members of the opposite sex online or in person. The popularity of reality TV shows like “The Bachelor” seems to reinforce this challenge. The irony is that connecting has