JTA: JDate comes out of the closet

Jewish Dating Website welcomes gay searches


NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (JTA) -- For all the nice Jewish boys looking for other nice Jewish boys -- and nice Jewish lesbians looking for love -- JDate.com has come to the rescue.

The popular Jewish online dating site expanded its search capabilities this month to allow gay men and lesbians to seek matches. The Web site, which is popular among Jews of all ages, now asks people for their gender and the gender they're searching, allowing men to search for men and women to search for women.

When his sister didn't marry a Jewish boy, Gary Pinsky was told by his mother that he had to. Pinsky, 32, joined JDate several weeks ago after returning to New Jersey after living in South Africa for several years....