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Chris Hansen is the host of Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator.

In the Closet

Shrimp, and all shellfish, are not kosher.

Out of Line

It used to be that asking for a kiss was being too forward. Now with the advent of online dating, just asking to meet for a date is pushing the line. It sends them running.

Screening Process

Tay-Sachs Disease (TSD) is a fatal genetic disorder that has shown increased prevalence in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. If two unaffected parents each carry the recessive TSD gene, they have a 1-in-4 chance of bearing an affected TSD child. Some couples will proactively get tested for the recessive TSD gene, to see if they are at risk of bearing a child with TSD.

Frumster.com is the leading online dating service for marriage-minded, mostly observant Jews. It's a bit different than JDate.