ShanaConnects

14/06/2026

Something changed in what the Jewish singles I meet are asking for, and it is the clearest I have seen them in years...

[If we have not met, I am Shana Tibi, a matchmaker for marriage-minded Jewish singles with ties between Israel and North America.]

More and more, the people I sit down with know they want to marry someone Jewish and build a Jewish family, and they are clearer about that than they have been in a long time.

When that becomes the center of what you want, dating gets so much simpler.

You can tell early whether someone is walking the same direction you are, and you stop pouring months into connections that were never going to lead to a home and a family.

That clarity is a gift. It makes you easier to match, and it takes the guesswork out of the whole search.

If this is your life and you want to talk it through, you can book a free 15-minute chat with me. The link is in my bio.

15/05/2026

Weddings are so fun in Israel! Mazal Tov and his lovely bride.

12/05/2026

🌍 Geography is a logistics problem. Most singles I talk to are still treating it like a wall…

The pattern shows up the same way across every conversation.

An ambitious Jewish single in NYC who refuses to look at anyone in Israel.

An ambitious Jewish single in Tel Aviv who refuses to look at anyone in North America.

Both of them are tired. Both of them ruling out half the people who would work for their life.

The right Jewish spouse is the lever. Where you build your home together is a question you figure out together once you have found each other. Plenty of the singles I work with already live some version of bicoastal.

Vacation homes. Part-time setups. Careers that flex. They negotiate geography with the right person, once they have met them.

I am a certified professional matchmaker. I work with ambitious Jewish singles building lives between Israel and North America. I live that bridge myself, so I understand what it takes to find a partner across both worlds. Booking a chat with me is how we start.

🔗 Click the link in my bio to book a call and see how I can help you.

10/05/2026

Josh was my client.
Stefanie was already in my database.
Four months in, they're talking about forever.

When Josh came to me, he wasn't looking for a quick fix. He was looking for the kind of relationship people build a life around.

The first part of our work together had nothing to do with meeting anyone. It was about him doing the personal growth that would make him recognizable to the right woman when she walked in.

That part takes time. It takes honesty. And it takes someone who isn't just sending you on dates.

Stefanie was already in my database.

I'd already met her, gotten to know her, understood what she was looking for and what she was bringing to the table. She wasn't a paying client. She was a single I had real information about, sitting in the same network where Josh's profile lived.

When the moment was right, I suggested they meet. They've been exclusive for four months. They're talking about their future.

Every story I get to be part of is different. The shape of it. The timing. The what-it-took-to-get-here. But they all share one thing. The people in them stopped trying to do this alone.

If you've been wondering what it would look like to have someone in your corner doing this kind of thinking with you and for you, the door is open.

Book a chat with me through the link in my bio. We'll talk about where you are, what you're working with, and what your next step actually looks like.

07/05/2026

07/05/2026

Love is blind? Better to see you with my pretties!!! New “office” prescription lenses for all the zooms and remote work for clients. DM me to book a Matchmaking consultation or Date Strategy Session.

04/05/2026

🏹 If every mixer you’ve been to feels like a coin toss, the issue is structural.

Open-invitation events sell tickets to anyone who will pay.

There is no screening. There is no thought about who belongs in the room together.

You are gambling your Saturday night on whoever happens to show up. 🎲

The fix is structural. The room itself has to be built around you before you walk in.

Match and Mazal is a curated singles events series across Israel, selection-based by a certified professional matchmaker, me.

I review every intake the same way I review a matchmaking client.

I build the guest list around lifestyle, life stage, language, and the kind of connection you are actually looking for.

🍷Wine tastings.
🍽️Farm-to-table dinners.
🥾Seasonal hikes.
🌌Star-gazing in the desert.

Connection first, experience around it.

By the time you arrive at a Match and Mazal event, the room is already working in your favor.

If you want to be considered for an upcoming event, DM me MAZAL and we’ll start your intake.

27/04/2026

I keep hearing the same thing from singles...

They walk into an event, look around, and within minutes they know nobody in the room is for them.

❌ The apps are not working either.

❌ The room is wrong.

❌ The dating pool is wrong.

❌ The strategy is nonexistent.

‘Match and Mazal’ events flip the order of things on its head.

I'm Shana Tibi, a certified professional matchmaker, and I do the work before the room ever exists. Every guest gets screened. Every guest list gets built around lifestyle, life stage, language, and the kind of connection you're actually looking for. By the time you walk in, the room makes sense.

Wine tastings. Farm-to-table dinners. Seasonal hikes. Curated singles events across Israel, selection-based by an actual matchmaker.

If you want to be considered for an upcoming event, DM me 'MAZAL' and we'll start your intake.

26/04/2026

I keep hearing the same thing from singles. They walk in, look around, and within minutes they know nobody in the room is for them.

The apps are not working either. The room is wrong. The dating pool is wrong. The strategy is non existent.

‘Match and Mazal’ events flip the order of things on its head.

I’m Shana Tibi, a certified professional matchmaker, and I do the work before the room ever exists. Every guest gets screened. Every guest list gets built around lifestyle, life stage, language, and the kind of connection you’re actually looking for. By the time you walk in, the room makes sense.

Wine tastings. Farm-to-table dinners. Seasonal hikes. Curated singles events across Israel, selection-based by an actual matchmaker.

If you want to be considered for an upcoming event, DM me MAZAL and we’ll start your intake.

23/04/2026

New, curated, upscale events for English speaking singles in Israel.
Application process is open.
https://www.shanaconnects.com/match-and-mazal