JWed.com is an online dating service aimed at Jewish singles. The website, co-founded in 2001 by Ben Rabizadeh and Derek Saker, followed a predecessor called Dosidate, launched in 1997. Between 2001 and 2012 the site was called Frumster, a play on the term Frum and a joke by Rob Schneider.[1]
In October 2012, Frumster.com changed its name to JWed.com. JWed launched in 2007 as a white-label site, sharing profile listings with Frumster.com until the name was completely changed 2012.[2]
The site attracted criticism in 2004 for refusing profiles from people describing themselves as Conservative Jews.[3] The site is now open to all marriage-minded Jewish singles be they Orthodox observant or halachically Jewish singles.
JWed is an available service both through the website and the app. The latest version of the JWed app was launched April 2024.
In December 2005 the site says it had 20,000 members and had facilitated over 500 marriages.[4] JWed CEO Derek Saker says that of March 2024, the site has over 80,000 members and has facilitated over 3,900 marriages.[5]