I’m Learning to Fight Like Girl
I’ve been writing a lot over the past two years about protecting our children from sexual abuse. But it’s just as crucial that we women learn to protect ourselves. According to the New York Times, 1 in 5 American women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes, and far higher numbers suffer from other forms [...]
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Chassid Gives Shidduch Advice on Ellen Show (3-Minute Funny Video)
Two unsuspecting Chassidim were caught on video giving sensitive dating advice to one of Ellen Degeneres’ writers…I thought this was really sweet!
Read More200-Pound Predator Terrified of 50-Pound Kid (4-Minute Important Video)
This month, a day-school teacher was arrested in Seattle for molesting 2 6-year-old girls. The girls came forward to complain that they had been touched inappropriately after reading the book Let’s Stay Safe! by Bracha Goetz (in conjunction with Rabbi Horowitz’s Project YES). Educated children are safer children! Watch below to make sure that a [...]
Read MoreTerror Orphan Marries Step Brother
In 2002, Boaz Szabo’s wife and 3 children were murdered by an Arab terrorist. 5 years later Szabo remarried. And this week, his daughter, Aviya, married her step-brother, David. At their wedding, David told a reporter from Channel 2, “Suddenly, from this whole bad story at least one good thing has come about. And that’s [...]
Read MoreNachlaot Pedophile, Binyamin Satz, Sentenced to 15 Years
I apologize for mistakenly posting that Satz had been given 20 years. He was actually given 15 years, and could be given another 3 without warning if he displays problematic behavior. B”H, at 1 PM today Nachlaot Pedophile Binyamin Satz was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual abuse of the neighborhood’s children (click [...]
Read MoreThe Psychologists are Wrong About My Son by Jessica Wolff
I am an intern in child clinical psychology and an oddity in my professional circles- a religious, female, Olah. Classical psychology teaches that children are, in their essence, bad. Deep down they are full of tendencies toward paranoia, psychosis, and aggression. Judging by my 3-year-old Yedidya’s behavior for a great deal of the day, I [...]
Read MoreStencil Fun at the Weisbergs
Remember I wrote a few months back about my postpartum nesting instinct? Well, part of that involved painting lots of stencils with my 13-year-old Hallel (more like, I bought the stencils and paints, and she painted them…) Stencils are such a simple way to pretty-up any room, and make your house feel like your own. [...]
Read MoreMy Israeli Kids
Just yesterday, I was sitting on my living room sofa changing Yaakov’s diaper when I found myself humming a song… “What is that?” I wondered…And I had no clue what I was humming until, AHA!, I figured it out. I was singing this: Up until the age of 17 I spent, on average, 5 [...]
Read MoreThe Rashba Reveals Himself in Dream
Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein, author of Aleinu L’Shabei’ach, recalls: The value of a Jew who safeguards the regularity of his learning sessions is inestimable. The following wonderful story happened to a member of a daily Talmud class in Bnei Brak. I heard the story from a certain renowned Torah scholar who, over the course of many [...]
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