Kesher Talk

If you are a Jewish woman between 42 to 52 who has "an old soul" and is "sensual, gracious, humble, fair, down to earth, playful, funny, musical, with a kind generous and loving heart," then we may have found a good match for you.

A member of J Date, the online Jewish dating service, this bachelor describes himself as an avid swimmer, humorous/witty, intellectual, stubborn and romantic. He's a 51-year-old divorced father of two teenagers from Fair Lawn, N.J., who likes rock 'n' roll, jazz, hiking and biking and reading.

He's a Libra. He makes more than $100,000 a year. He's 5 feet 8 inches with brown eyes. Job description: U.S. Congress.

He's Rep. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.), who describes himself in his profile on J Date as a devoted father to his 12-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son. He says he is "emotionally and financially secure and swims one to one and a half miles, three to four times a week. He enjoy "great food, wine, conversation, movies, music, theatre, books, family, friends, new people and the pleasure of a wonderful woman to be with me in the real world, or alone with me in our own."

Rothman says he has a job "that I truly like and believe is noble and important in many ways." And on a more philosophical, metaphysical level, the Congressman says in his pitch to eligible Jewish women, "I do my best, every day, to appreciate and enjoy life's continuing and sometimes exhausting journey, with its steep climbs, comfortable straightaways, as well as its eye-opening turns, twists, sharp drops and, as often as possible, blissful, mountaintop experiences. As I tell my kids: 'Every day is a gift.'"

His pitch seems to have been working. Rothman tells HOH that ever since his sister recommended J Date to him about a year ago, he has met "some really wonderful women" - journalists, doctors, lawyers and even a clinical psychologist (the woman he is seeing now), thanks to J Date.

In his online profile, Rothman says that special woman waiting out there should "have the willingness and natural disposition to continue to be open to learn what might be fun (so will I), what the truth is and what is just. She should be a person who loves and understands children and will know how - if and when this comes to pass - to try to establish just the right relationship with my kids."

He also hopes she is between 5 feet, 2 inches and 5 feet, 9 inches tall. "As I want to be with this wonderful woman, I hope she thinks I'm a wonderful man and wants to be with me, too."

Rothman said Friday that his goal is to get married again and joining an online dating service seemed a good way to go about achieving that. "I'm a modern guy. And this is what modern, single guys do." (Roll Call, p. 16, August 2, 2004)

posted by William @ 8/05/2004 11:48:07 AM