Where to meet SINGLE middle-aged Jewish men?

Question

I am a widowed 50yo single Jewish mom, recently relocated due to a job change. I'd like to start dating. I'm in a smallish university town, and there are almost no single straight men my age at the one synagogue in town. Likewise my child's school PTA is pretty much just women. I even checked the local political campaign headquarters, but it's all women my age or young folks (university students).
Any suggestions? JDate?

Answer 1

JDate has a well-deserved renown, but it's also got a pricey membership, and if you're located away from major metropolitan areas, the "pickings" may be slim. You might try JPeopleMeet; it's less geographically confined.
Meanwhile, have you checked out the campus activities? Those too will be populated by mostly student-age attendees, but not entirely....
Wishing you mazal!

Answer 2

JDate is seemed to be a good place I've heard. Have you tried also networking to your former colleague's/friends/family??? It's the best one to go.

Try Parents without Partners Chapters (they're pretty good as well)

Try approaching as if you're searching for a job?? Try volunteer, online/speed dating, clubs/associations, school (take up a new course/hobby) recreational sports/gym, social internet groups like www.meetup.com or www.meetin.org

Anyways, dont go searching for love, let it find you! It's the best thing to do. Best of luck to you! Just let go and let God do all the works! (Praying for a partner isnt a bad idea either)

Answer 3

Corruption is a large issue among the commoners as well as the nobility in Europe. Add to that the growing size of the Church estates in most European states and combine that again with the growth of nationalism that began to sweep through the little divided states and duchies. In some small states the Church prevented, successfully, the growth of royal power as they realized such was a threat to their own control. As Europeans sought to save their souls by donating their lands (estates) to the Church, as much as 50% of many regions were Church controlled. Italy was almost entirely controlled by the Church with England pushing 40% control by the time Henry VIII broke with Rome over the issue of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Nationalism grew with the One Hundred Years War between France and England in the 13-1400's. The Church saw little to be gained from such a political movement as the leaders of that institution considered themselves as the lawgivers, based on God's intent, which only they could interpret. The rest of governance was supposed to follow their directives without question. Nationalism saw little use for the Church as it was an entirely secular affair, based on human and regional interests. The Black Death simply reaffirmed what some believed...the Church was powerless in the face of larger human disasters like the Plague. The Church should have been able, by their reckoning, to keep the Death at bay. Instead the Church took the attitude that the Death was the fault of the people for their wickedness. These religious leader demanded more and stricter obedience when they might better have asked for understanding of their own real powerlessness in the face of this blight. Considering it wiped out 30% of Europe in places and whole towns disappeared from de-population, it was a fatal error. Several peasant revolts turned against the Churches as well as secular leaders in the later Middle Ages. The Great Schism is simply a growth of secular power in the face of declining power in the papacy. This marks a low point in papal power, to be sure. The papacy might well have declined into a regional religious leader for each country or region except for chance and the power of the Italians as their trade wealth gave them sway outside their own territories. Clearly, the kings were gaining power while the Schism kept loyalties divided.