JULY 27 • 2023 | 63

“JUDAISM IS 
NUANCED AND 
EVERYONE HAS 
THEIR HARD LINE 
OF WHAT WILL AND 
WON’T WORK AND 
WHAT DIRECTION 
THEY ARE LOOKING 
TO GO IN THE LONG 

TERM. ”

— JEWISH MATCHMAKING’S 
ALEEZA BEN SHALOM

JAMIE GORDON PHOTOGRAPHY

instant shidduch for us. We really clicked,
” 
said Tibi, who started working with Ben 
Shalom on curating matches for private 
clients.

MATCHMAKING ON NETFLIX
Tibi can be seen in Episode 1 of Jewish 
Matchmaking as she enters Ben Shalom’s 
house and hugs her.
“Minute eight,
” Tibi laughs.
Tibi attended the Netflix Launch Watch 
party in Jerusalem on May 3 hosted by Ben 
Shalom. Over 350 family, friends and fans 
attended, including Jewish Matchmaking 
stars Cindy Seni and Noah Del Monte.
“One hundred percent they are just 
friends. They are not dating,
” Ben Shalom 
says following rumors of the two. “Noah is 
taking a dating break. Cindy’s greatest chal-
lenge was self-sabotage. After the show, she 
got a lot of correspondence and used me as 
her dating coach.
”
But the nine singles and all of their daters 
weren’t the only ones getting fan mail.
“We’ve had an unprecedented wave of all 

types of Jewish people turning to us after 
seeing the show, including the more than 
86 and counting Zoom consultations that I 
have personally conducted,
” says Tibi, who 
has created a spreadsheet with more than 
600 new entries.
For the Netflix series, Tibi helped behind 
the scenes recruiting daters and three of the 
nine singles — Noah Del Monte and Cindy 
Seni in Israel and Ori Basly in Los Angeles. 

MATCHMAKER, MAKE ME A MATCH
Any Jewish single can reach out to Ben 
Shalom and Tibi for their wide-ranging 
matchmaking services. These include being 
registered in their free database, coaching 
for relationship support, online programs 
and courses, personalized one-on-ones and 
more. Prices range from $100 for an online 
course to a curated VIP matchmaking 
package for $15,000-plus.
To sign up for Aleeza Ben Shalom and 
Shana Tibi’s matchmaking services, go to: 
https://marriagemindedmentor.com. 

JAMIE GORDON PHOTOGRAPHY

Shimon Shon takes a selfie 
with Jewish Matchmaking’s 
Aleeza Ben Shalom, Cindy 
Seni and Noah Del Monte at 
the Netflix viewer party in 
Jerusalem.

