Tired of all those fees on
your bank statement?
tell about them," said the
MicroVoice rep.
Doug Lachman, a social
worker and director of pro-
gram development at Tem-
ple Beth El, said his experi-
ence in counseling has
taught him that "we pick up
so much about people" by
hearing them speak — much
more than we think we do.
"Most people think in the
visual — if a person looks a
certain way, dresses a cer-
tain way, that's how they
judge him or her. Sometimes
they can tell something by
how someone walks, how a
person carries himself. But if
you just listen to somebody
talk, you can tell so much
more about them —their
sense of security, insecurity,
their self-confidence, their
intelligence.
"You can't tell if you
would like somebody just by
hearing their voice, but you
can tell if you wouldn't like
them," said Mr. Lachman,
who is a bachelor.
"We don't realize how
much we gather via conver-
sations. (What we learn) are
not always things we can put
our finger on. But we do get
a 'feeling sense' of the other
person."
"Anything that helps
reduce the anxiety and
difficulty of one Jew meeting
another for socialization
toward making a match is
okay by me," said Rabbi
Norman Roman of Temple
Kol Ami.
"Jewish singles tend to be
skeptical," acknowledged
Mrs. Lazar. "They don't
know what they are getting
into. But it (Voice Connec-
tor) gives them a little more
security because it elim-
inates the old screening pro-
cess of having to call and
talk with somebody.
"They have to feel secure
in trying something new.
Those who don't like their
voices may have a problem
with it."
She advised Voice Connec-
tor users to speak clearly
into the telephone — "not
necessarily slowly, just
distinctly, but do go slow on
entering your telephone
number (as a respondent).
"You can repeat the ad
copy, listen to it and call
back as often as you like un-
til you are satisfied with how
your ad sounds. If you have
no success in terms of re-
spondents, call back and re-
record your ad," said Mrs.
Lazar.
The system only works
with touch-tone phones.
About half of the personals
advertisers in Philadelphia's
Jewish Exponent use voice-
mail ads, said Renee Zim-
merman, personals ad-taker.
"The singles in their 30s to
50s really go for it."
She said singles feel the
results — or even the effort
to meet other singles —
outweigh whatever cost they
incur. "One lady said she
didn't get much response,
but she really had a lot of
fun doing the ads and she
was going to keep at it."
Mrs. Lazar, from
MicroVoice, told her hus-
band, a MicroVoice vice
president, she'd help sell the
system only if she could sell
to Jewish newspapers, be-
cause she wanted to help
Jewish singles meet.
She recalled seeing nu-
merous ads by Jewish sin-
gles in non-religious papers
and wondered why they
weren't in Jewish papers.
"For me, it (signing up Jew-
ish papers and helping Jew-
ish singles) is a real mitz-
vah," she said. ❑
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SAVINGS
For more information call
Singles Registry
For Deaf Begins
New York (JTA) — The Na-
tional Conference of
Synagogue Youth is beginn-
ing a Jewish Deaf Singles
Registry for all Jewish deaf
and hard-of-hearing in-
dividuals interested in
meeting and corresponding
with others for the purpose of
marriage.
For more information, send
name, address, phone voice
and TDD (Telecommunica-
tions Device for the Deaf) to
Jewish Deaf Singles Registry,
c/o Fass, 3105 Avenue V.
Brooklyn, N.Y., 11229.
Over-50 Singles
Slate Installation
Single Extention Group,
sponsored by Temple Israel,
will hold its fourth annual in-
stallation dance, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 13 at the temple.
Jewish singles 50 and over
are invited for dancing to a
live band, light refreshments,
wine and beverages.
There is a nominal charge.
For information, call Edith
Ellis, 932-0025; or Marilyn
Rosner, 683-8272.
Informal Gathering
Set For Singles
An informal social gather-
ing will be held Sept. 9 for
singles 25-45.
The event is offered as an
alternative to dances and
"happy hours."
Space is limited. For infor-
mation, call Vikki Coven,
548-5834; or Jonathan Polk,
541-1808.
.
35 8 .5170
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