JDate
Template:Short description Template:Redirect {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | headquarters | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | subsidiaries | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }} Jdate, owned by Spark Networks, is a special-interest and niche online dating service aimed at Jewish singles. Along with JSwipe, also owned by Spark Networks, it is one of the largest online dating services targeting Jews. It is accessible via a website and a mobile app.
Members do not have to be Jewish and the service has also attracted non-Jews seeking Jewish mates.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Members can mark their Jewish affiliation on their profile.<ref name=Wingman>Template:Cite news</ref>
Celebrities who are or have been Jdate members include Steve Rothman,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Brad Sherman,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Jesse McCartney,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Dan Markel.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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Jdate was founded as a website in 1997 by Alon Carmel and Joe Shapira in an apartment in West Los Angeles after the failure of their previous venture, Matrix Video Corporation. Membership grew rapidly by word of mouth in Jewish communities.<ref name=Wingman/> Shapira left the company in 2004.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In March 2011, Jdate sued online dating sites 2RedBeans, Zoosk, and OkCupid over a patent for "automating the process of confidentially determining whether people feel mutual attraction or have mutual interests".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In February 2014, the site had 750,000 active users.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In November 2014, Jdate launched a dating app.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> That month, Jdate sued JSwipe trademark of the letter "J". JDate's parent, Spark Networks, acquired JSwipe in October 2015.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In March 2018, Jdate launched in German, Spanish, and Polish.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Awards and recognition
- 2006 Webby Awards - award for social networking.<ref >{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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