The Birth of Speed Dating

Witness History

English - February 14, 2017 11:31 - 8 minutes - 4.07 MB - ★★★★★ - 853 ratings
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In 1998, Rabbi Yaacov Deyo and his students came up with a new way for single people to meet each other - they called it "speed dating". It started as a programme for Jewish singles in Los Angeles, but soon spread all over the world.

(Photo: Men and women take part in an evening of silent speed dating in a bar in east London on 23rd September 2015. Credit: Jack Taylor/AFP/Getty Images)