Yenta News & Updates

First-ever YentaCon held in Philadelphia for Jewish singles and matchmakers

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- More than 50 women and men from around the world gathered at the Weitzman Nati...

Feb 29, 2024 • CBS News

Yenta Just Really Really Wants You To Be Happy

Jews that want to date. Like any Jewish mother trying to marry off her precious son, Yenta, the Grin...

Nov 14, 2012 • Observer

What's A Yenta?

I thought a yenta was a matchmaker. I was wrong — as my mother, among other people, pointed out. W...

Nov 12, 2024 • Northcountrypublicradio.org

The History of Yenta’s and its Dirty Roots

Pssst! Wanna know a juicy secret? Get this: The most well-known Yiddish word describing women doesn�...

Feb 09, 2013 • The Forward

Good Yenta, Bad Yenta

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and an...

Jan 03, 2013 • The Times of Israel

‘Yenta’ app hooks you up

Are you in the mood for Jewish love, and you want it RIGHT NOW? If so, you’re in luck, thanks to t...

Oct 11, 2012 • The Times of Israel

Yenta App Finds You a (Jewish) Match

In case you didn’t have enough grandparents, neighbors, and rabbis trying to make sure you don’t...

Oct 10, 2012 • The Forward

Introducing Yenta, the New Mobile Dating App for Jewish People

Yenta, a new Grindr-esque,GPS-based dating app available for the iPhone and Jewish singles everywher...

Oct 12, 2012 • International Business Times

Who, exactly, is a yenta these days?

Julia and the others burst out laughing. While the blonde was indeed Nicole Kidman (she and Tom spli...

Feb 04, 2020 • Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Basset hound yenta Donna Lim matches up dogs with families

Donna Lim calls herself a basset hound yenta. Not in the classic Yiddish definition of a "busybody o...

Mar 24, 2014 • SFGate