yenta

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There is also a Jewish Currents podcast, “On the Nose,” and a regular dating feature for “lovelorn leftists,” Red Yenta.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2022

Before Red Yenta, Brostoff had stumbled on a Facebook page called “OKComrade,” an OkCupid knockoff.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019

Crosswords play demented Yenta: alphabetical alchemy smashes together pairs that wouldn’t otherwise inhabit the same space-time continuum.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2019

Although Yenta was the name of the matchmaker in “Fiddler on the Roof,” it actually means “busybody” or “gossip.”

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2019

Chitsong was engaged in three serious operations beyond his frontier, one with a Tartar chief named Yenta, another with the Japanese, and the third in Cochin China.

From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles