Record 10,000 Jewish Singles to Attend Matzo Ball® parties on December 24th, 2005

19th year for annual matzo ball Jewish singles events in New York, Boston, Boca Raton, Miami, Philadelphia and Washington

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2005 - The Matzo Ball, the nation’s number 1 holiday party, expects record attendance of over 10,000 at Jewish singles events at 8:00pm on December 24th in New York, Boca Raton, Miami, Boston, Washington and Philadelphia. Advance tickets are just $25 and are available at www.matzoball.org or by calling toll-free 888-633-5326.

“The Matzo Ball parties have sparked over 1,000 marriages, including my own!” explained Andrew Rudnick, Founder of the matzo ball party. “We created the Matzo ball to give Jewish singles a positive environment to meet other Jewish singles and Jewish professionals. I met my beautiful wife at a Matzo Ball and we have facilitated thousands of marriages, happy relationships and friendships thus far.”

AOL City Guide Editor Melanie Miller described the Matzo Ball this way: “Held every year on Christmas Eve, the Matzo Ball is known universally as the number one Jewish singles event in the nation. Since Christmas and Hanukkah even fall on the same day this year, the Ball promises to be bigger than ever…this event is specifically geared for the singles, dress to impress and be prepared to get your flirt on as you meet some of the hundreds who flock to this regularly sold-out night.”

Many single Jewish women and single Jewish men have found love at the Matzo ball:

“Just wanted to let you know that thanks to the Matzo Ball, I am engaged! Some friends and I went to the Matzo Ball, where I met this really cool guy. We've been dating ever since and now we're engaged! We'll be married some time after this year’s Matzo Ball - Thanks for throwing a great party!” Amy from Brookline.

“I would just like to mention that Jessica and I met at the Matzo Ball, and we are getting married this January. We would like to thank you for having such a wonderful event. We are glad to be one of the success stories that you read about.” Jonathan Grotsky.

In the past Jewish singles had little to do on Christmas Eve as many traditional clubs and restaurants were closed. The Matzo Ball party was founded by the Society of Young Jewish Professionals (SYJP). SYJP is the nation's largest and most successful membership organization for Jewish singles ages 18-49. The matzo ball parties feature hundreds of young, like minded Jewish singles dressed up and ready to party free hors d’oeuvres, a fashionable, fun loving crowd, cocktails and drink specials.

The official matzo ball Jewish singles events will take place in New York at the New York, NY @ Capitale, in Boca Raton, FL at Club Boca, in Miami, Florida at Opium Garden, in Boston, MA at Avalon, in Washington DC at Lulu's Mardi Gras and in Philadelphia, PA at Glam. Advance tickets are available online at www.matzoball.org or by calling toll-free 888-633-5326, tickets are just $25, the Boca Raton matzo ball and the Boston matzo ball are for Jewish singles ages 18 and above, the New York matzo ball the Miami matzo ball, the Philadelphia matzo ball and the Washington matzo ball are jewish singles events for those age 21 and above.

About the Matzo Ball® Party

Matzo Ball® Party is a project of the Society of Young Jewish Professionals (SYJP). Now in its 19th year, SYJP is the nation's largest and most successful membership organization for Jewish professionals, ages 18-49. SYJP offers single jewish men and single jewish women the opportunity to meet in an environment conducive to developing networking opportunities, long lasting friendships, and romantic relationships. We have sparked over 1,000 marriages and thousands of friendships thus far.

The Matzo Ball is often misspelled as matzoh ball, matzoball, matza ball, matzos ball, matzoh ball, matzaball, and was formerly known as the jdate matzo ball. Regardless of how you spell it, the official matzo ball event for jewish singles will take place in New York at the New York, NY at Capitale, in Boca Raton, FL ay Club Boca, in Miami, Florida at Opium Garden, in Boston, MA at Avalon, in Washington DC at Lulu's Mardi Gras and in Philadelphia, PA at Glam.

SYJP, founded in 1987, is the brainchild of one man's longing to bring the Jewish people together, and find a nice Jewish girl along the way! Throughout the years, SYJP has opened a whole new dimension in meeting singles, and uniting the Jewish community. Originating from one holiday party, the Matzo Ball®, SYJP has since grown into monthly events and a dating service for Jewish singles.

Media Contacts: Andrew Rudnick, Matzo Ball, 561-400-7500, arudnick@sleekmedspa.com Jay Berkowitz, www.TenGoldenRules.com, 561-716-1334

Matzo Ball offers singular sensation for Jewish partyers

Publication: Palm Beach Post, Sunday,
by Stephen Heyman


BOCA RATON — It was livelier than a Purim party at Brandeis, sexier than a hormonally charged bar mitzvah bash and more frenzied than a rabid matzo hunt.

Take away the drinking, smoking and indulgences and it would make a Jewish matriarch salivate: hundreds of eligible Jewish boys and girls primed for pairing.

This was the Matzo Ball, a counter-Christmas party that raged on until early Saturday morning at Club Boca on Palmetto Park Road. And if you're Jewish and single on Christmas Eve, it beats the heck out of Chinese food.

Eighteen years ago, the first Matzo Ball dropped into a Boston club called Metro, now the Avalon. Today, 13 big Matzo Balls are thrown across the United States and Canada.

At Jewish bastions such as New York and Boston, the events have become a tradition for Jewish singletons, said founder Andrew Rudnick, 40. And Boca is no different.

"To me, Boca is the center of the Jewish Universe," he said.

Why else would Rudnick choose this as a home base for his Matzo Ball empire this year?

"Well, I didn't want to freeze my tucus off."

Before midnight, the line to get into the Matzo Ball coiled through the lobby and outside of the Bank of America building where Club Boca, formerly Radius, is located.

Inside the spartan club, decorated with Christmas lights, the only unifying characteristic of the voluminous crowd was that it was, by its members' own admission, largely Jewish.

There were young Jews from New York (at least four girls from Syosset alone), Jews from around Florida (Miami, Orlando), the unambiguous presence of South Florida's older Jewish singles circuit (J-Date, the Jewish online dating service, co-sponsored the event) and even a smattering of non-Jews.

Emily Saltzman, 21, a student at the University of Miami, was flitting around Club Boca's smoky patio. She had spent enough time here to size up the crowd.

"It's kind of like a bat mitzvah," she said, referring to the Jewish coming-of-age rite. "There are many people older than me."

Even though Saltzman was put off by clubbing in close proximity to men her father's age, her spirits were buoyed by the excess of young Jewish men.

"I'm on the prowl," she said, laughing.

Sam Halpert, the local Matzo Ball coordinator, said the Matzo Ball is an answer to the "Jewish dilemma" of what to do on Christmas Eve.

"This is the biggest Jewish singles event in the world," he said.

But there was little to nothing expressly Jewish about this evening.

The music was '80s pop standards and modern dance hits. And from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m., not one Jewish song, not even Hava Nagilah played. There were no long skirts or yarmulkes here, just typical rump-rocking attire: mini-skirts, anything that sparkles. But one man was seen with a chai charm on a golden chain.

For the most part, the people here came for romance of one variety or another. Some find true love: Rudnick, the founder, met his wife, Katherine, at a Matzo Ball in 1997.

Others just came looking for a date.

"I've never seen so many hot Jewish girls in one place," said Fort Lauderdale resident Dale Hertzman, 27.

The party lasted until 5 a.m. Christmas Day.

The Palm Beach Post

Psst! It's party time at Matzo Ball

Publication: Seattle Times
by Pamela Sitt (excerpt)



"I'm not Jewish, but I'm seriously considering crashing tonight's Matzo Ball at Watertown in Queen Anne. (I'm so over egg nog at this point.)

"It's like going to a Jewish wedding without a rabbi," said [a representitive] for the Boston-based Society of Young Jewish Professionals/Matzo Ball. "It's a party."

You know how people say weddings are a great place to meet people? Same principle applies here: If you're single, come to mingle. It worked for founder Andrew Rudnick, who met a nice Jewish girl at one of his annual Matzo Ball parties — now in 13 cities, including Seattle for the first time — and married her.

But you don't have to be single — or Jewish, for that matter — to attend.

The party starts at 8 tonight at nightclub Watertown (206-284-5003, 106 First Ave. N.); tickets are $25 at the door. For more information, visit www.matzoball.org.