Save the Date?

An influential Jewish newspaper recently had a column urging mixed seating for singles at weddings.

First let me state I don't know the halachic implications, which takes precedence over everything.

Now: I've come to the conclusion that the more interaction there is between the sexes reduces the overload of pretense and perceptions that are part of today's dating game. So two singles happening on each other around a chasuna table simplifies dating too its truest form: you meet, you talk, you see...

However let's be realistic: Charedim, certainly those under thirty, are not ready both individually and as a community for such a break of custom(?) . But for the more leftward crowd this is an not an idea to readily deflate like a punctured tire.

Understandably at this point and time, Rabbinic leaders will be resistant to this not insignificant break from tradition. Separate seating after all has served as a visible and distinct separation between our community and those that are Man-Made.

If not all else the newlyweds most certainly can use the shadchanus!