Save Nachlaot’s Children and Win $1800!
It’s either us or them. At present, Nachlaot’s 400 plus children are living side by side with at least a dozen pedophiles now infamous for their cruelty and exceptional powers of deception. This situation is a ticking bomb. Until these pedophiles are in jail none of Jerusalem’s children are safe. And within this grim reality, [...]
Read MoreTree of Life (4-Minute Tu B’Shvat Music Video)
A beautiful song just in time for Tu B’Shvat from my neighbor Anaelia ben David. Anaelia writes, composes, arranges and performs original texts and melodies, along with traditional songs in Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino. Click here to hear more songs by Anaelia Or visit her on facebook. Here’s another one I think you’ll love…
Read MoreQueen Jane’s Failure
Jane Fonda. One of the most famous women alive. A recent biographical New Yorker article described her as “the actress, philanthropist, feminist, political activist, model…blogger, fitness advocate, licensing magnet and memoirist…” The paradigm of the successful modern woman. But what made the deepest impression on me in the New Yorker article was the tragic speech [...]
Read MoreThe Big Surprise
I had forgotten about the big surprise… Hadas’ friends had called me a few days before to tell me that they would be coming over that afternoon to throw her a surprise 14th birthday party. But because I had forgotten about the surprise party until that minute (bad, disorganized eema!) Hadas had already gotten all [...]
Read MoreSloth Miraculously Crosses Street (1-Minute Video)
Wow. For years wise people have been telling me that, in overwhelmingly difficult situations, my only job is to focus on doing my hishtadlut, my small reasonable effort, and then to have emuna that Hashem can solve my problem. In other words, I just need to take that first step, give that $18 to charity [...]
Read MoreWe’ve Gotta Live Together (New 2-Minute Aish Video)
This new Aish.com video is great, a perfect inspirational response to the Beit Shemesh crisis…So I would post it anyway, but I am posting it with extra enthusiasm because it features one of my favorite human beings: my neighbor Sharon Saunders (in the red hat…) But Sharon’s not only my friend and my neighbor, Sharon’s [...]
Read MoreAliya, My Impossible Dream come True: A Testimonial for Rabbi Nivin’s Personal Development Chabura
This Monday, my teacher, life coach Rabbi Aryeh Nivin will be starting a new Personal Development Chabura. I highly recommend this life-altering Chabura to every JewishMOM reading this. For me, the Chabura has improved my life DRAMATICALLY in so many ways. The first 3 classes will be a no-obligation free trial, and every JewishMOM.com reader [...]
Read MoreThe JewishMOM.com Despair-Busting Challenge: Week One
Things continue getting crazier and crazier over here in Nachlaot. In fact, things are feeling too intense at the moment to write an update about what exactly is happening in the neighborhood and in my life. But I will tell you what I’ve been starving hungry for over the past few weeks… You know on [...]
Read MorePreventing Sexual Abuse: Free DVD and Educational Brochures from Ohel
Sign up at the link below to receive free essential tools from Ohel regarding the most important conversation you might ever have with your child… Click to order free brochures and educational DVD for you to watch with your children on preventing sexual abuse. Image courtesy of Flickr.com user Sharon Pruitt
Read MoreRainbow in the Night (5-Minute Official Music Video)
What a powerful and haunting song about one family’s survival of the Shoah…And the video’s end is such an important reminder: the Jewish people’s greatest victory over Hitler is our own smiling, proud, Jewish children. Stunning cinematography as well, more like a major motion picture than a YouTube video. A huge yasher koach to the [...]
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