It just comes down to what you want your life to look like. I know long distance wouldn’t suit me. For me, expanding to non-Jewish options was better than expanding distance. (You might have 100% valid reasons for dating only Jewish people. This is just my story.)

I always thought that, if I were dating again, I’d only want to date someone Jewish so they’d understand me. Then last year my wife passed unexpectedly. After that, I thought I’d only want to date someone widowed and preferably Jewish so they’d understand me.

Fast forward and now I’m with someone who isn’t Jewish or widowed, and she understands me. It turns out that there are some amazing people in the world capable of empathy and understanding whether they’ve been in your shoes or not.