Read an essay by Michael Kress, editor in chief of MyJewishLearning.com, about the factions and tensions within the Orthodox movement.

Pam Kanaly and Shelley Pulliam are co-founders of Arise Ministries, a nonprofit, nondenominational women’s ministry based in Edmond, Okla., that holds annual conference retreats for single mothers.

J.J. Adler directed the 2007 documentary Unattached, about single Orthodox Jews in New York City. Watch the trailer.

May Vanderbilt of San Francisco is a co-author of the Good Girl line of novels, including the 2007 title The Book of Jane, about single Christian women navigating modern life.

Trish Ryan, who lives outside Cambridge, Mass., wrote He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: A Memoir of Finding Faith, Hope and Happily Ever After (2008).

Scott A. Shay, who is chairman of Signature Bank in New York City, wrote the best seller Getting Our Groove Back: How to Energize American Jewry, in which he recommends that Jewish people reverse the trend of delaying marriage and childbearing.

Margot Lester of Carrboro, N.C.,  writes relationship features and the “Ask Margot” column for the Match.com online dating site. She says the two issues people currently are writing her most about are sex before second marriage, and about being devout in their religion and “unequally yoked” – pairing up with somebody who is less observant, is of another […]

Esther D. Kustanowitz writes about Jewish life, social media, relationships and dating. She writes the singles column “First Person Singular” for the New York Jewish Week. She is a contributor to many blogs, including Beliefnet’s Idol Chatter, which examines spirituality and popular culture. She is also the senior editor of PresenTense Magazine, a publication centering on Jewish life […]