In 1999, Rabbi Yaacov Deyo came up with the idea of speed dating, a take on the older Jewish tradition of supervised parties for young Jewish people so that they could meet some one, hopefully hit it off, and not marry outside of their faith. The object during a speed dating session is to meet 10 people in seven minute increments, score them on a card, and the matches are made by the coordinators by matching up the score cards and giving the phone numbers to each party.

Today there are thousands of dating services around the country, many of which have dedicated their services to matching up Jewish singles. Each and every one of them tries to be different in a business that is essentially the same everywhere. They do background checks, profiles of interests, habits, likes and dislikes and then try to match people up based on similarities in their answers.

Single Jews can register with these free dating sites and provide information regarding their preferences. Jewish dating services have a large database and conduct comprehensive researches to locate a Jewish individual who fits perfectly. Free Jewish online dating services considerably reduce an individual's ordeal by offering access and initial services free of cost.

Interestingly, the bulk of Jewish dating clients are not deeply religious people. They're Jewish but some haven't been to a temple in years. For some reason, they just feel more attracted to Jewish members of the opposite sex than to people outside their religion. It's not the Jewish religion that brings them together, it's being Jewish.