Jewish dating agency wins permission to discriminate
A MELBOURNE woman yesterday won the right to operate a dating agency exclusively for Jews. The ruling handed down by the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal will allow Ann Ivamy-Phillips, who sought permission to exclude non-Jews from her agency, to pursue the business scheme designed to serve the Jewish community.She delivered a one-line statement to reporters outside the tribunal yesterday.``We would like to say that this is a pleasing result and it illustrates the true multicultural...
JOB MAY LEAD TO HEAVEN,
DIRECTOR OF JEWISH DATING AGENCY HAS HOPES FOR A MATCH
Elaine Goodman doesn't actually arrange marriages. She just introduces men and women to each other.But she still hopes that at least one of the couples she has introduced ties the knot. "I'm waiting for my first marriage to make my place in heaven," she said.In truth, that a marriage will get a matchmaker into heaven is just Jewish folklore, Goodman said.However, the director of Jewish Dating Service for the Leo Yassenoff Jewish...
Jewish Dating Agency Dating agencies boom on the web,
Small business
Matchmakers are doing well out of cash-rich, time-poor singles who use the internet to meet potential partners, writes Claire Oldfield EARLIER this month Udate.com made its British debut. The world's largest online dating agency, which has successfully matched hundreds of couples, introduced itself to a packed London nightclub in a blaze of noise and colour.Unlike most dotcoms, Udate expects to make a profit early next year. It has a database of 1m paying customers to back...
Tribunal says no to Jewish dating agency
AN attempt to open an introduction agency exclusively for Jews was yesterday thwarted by the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal.The tribunal said by granting Ms Ann Ivamy-Phillips an exemption from the Equal Opportunity Act it would have to make the same concessions to every minority group making similar applications.``This would foster a kind of discrimination the Act is designed to eliminate,'' the tribunal said.They said there was insufficient...