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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 the inhumanly cruel predators responsible for the largest pedophile case in Israel’s history. This situation is a ticking bomb. Until these pedophiles are in jail none of Jerusalem’s children are safe. And within this grim reality, I feel hopeful. I know that Hashem is crying for Nachlaot’s children who have suffered and continue to suffer so much. And I know that we, the families of Nachlaot, b’Ezrat Hashem, can...
read moreCrowning Glory: An Appreciation of Chana Twersky Feuerman A”H by Ruchama Feuerman
Reprinted from Mishpacha Magazine After I got married, I didn’t fall in love with my mother-in-law — at least not at first. I was suspicious of her sweetness, of the presents she gave for every occasion, and … just because. When she came to visit — after calling days beforehand to make sure it was a good time — she brought foil pans of baked chicken, plastic containers of compote, brownies and blondies, and the sweet potato frites she knew I loved. Was it real or put-on, all this kindness? When would I meet the real her? She spoke...
read moreThe Top 10 JewishMOM.com Posts of All Time!
Exactly a year ago this week I launched the new JewishMOM.com… And what an exciting year of dramatic growth it’s been for the site… Monthly visits to the site have DOUBLED since a year ago, to over 50,000 monthly views… The weekly newsletter mailing list has also DOUBLED to almost 2000 JewishMOM recipients… 100 JewishMOMs now receive daily updates about new posts through feedburner (sign up box to the upper right)… And this past week, the lively new JewishMOMs Facebook Fanpage passed 1000 likes! For those...
read moreThe JewishMOM.com Despair-Busting Challenge: Week 4
Instead of our regular Rav Arush reading for the week, I couldn’t resist featuring this fantastic emuna-building video by Charlie Harrary of Aish.com. Enjoy! Image courtesy of Flickr.com user Alan Cleaver
read moreRomantically Immature
GIGGLE GIGGLE GIGGLE My 14 and 11-year-old daughters, Hadas and Hallel, were discussing the hot topic of the year: high school acceptances for Hadas. And they were putting themselves into hysterics envisioning the worst possible thing that Hadas could possibly say while being interviewed by the principal of her dream high school. Hallel, our resident comic, had joked that Hadas could say that she needed to delay her interview because she is too busy going on dates with boys. And for my sheltered, FFB daughters, the idea of a 14-year-old girl...
read moreThe Messy Mom
“But the Weisberg’s house is SO messy, Eema, we’ll never find it!” This was the despairing plea of our 6-year-old guest who lost a bracelet while playing at our house one afternoon about 5 years ago. And our young guest was right. 5 Pesachs have come and gone, but we Weisbergs have still never managed to find that lost bracelet. And the truth is that, while I pretended to laugh it off, that “messy Weisberg’ comment really stung. I AM guilty as charged. My house IS messy. Any order I manage to create in...
read moreHomeopathy for Children by Vera Resnick
This is a brief introduction about how homeopathy can help your family break out of the cycle of sickness written by my homeopath, Vera Resnick. Enjoy! We’ve all been there – one child gets sick and we know they are all going to catch it. And probably we’re going to catch it as well. We pray for strength and prepare for the inevitable: sleepless nights, days spent trailing with the kids to the doctor, laundry lists of antibiotics and other medications, or the most frustrating situation – the doc says it’s a virus and there’s...
read moreMatisyahu’s Moving Duet with Young Cancer Patient (6-Minute Video)
Last week singer Matisyahu performed a duet with a very special onstage guest– young Camp Simcha cancer patient Luke Weber. It appears that Chai Lifeline organized this dream-come-true for young Luke. Luke’s mother, Eliza Weber, recently expressed her gratitude to the Chai Lifeline volunteers for the huge difference they have made in her son’s life, “They continue to amaze me,” she said. “It is because of them that Luke is not a victim of cancer. He is the happiest, most cup-half-full kid we know.”...
read moreGenerations by Shalsheles (A Moving 6-Minute Bonei Olam Video)
I’ve noticed time and time again that survivors and their children CARE more about other Jews. They are the most dedicated teachers, the most determined tikkun olam-niks. While another person might tend to think, “Everyone else is doing fine, what does it really matter if one person falls between the cracks?” the survivors and their families will not give up until that struggling Jew is back on his feet. Watching this inspiring video I was thinking that survivors’ exceptional caring comes from the suffering they or...
read moreCry No More by Yaakov Shwekey (The Official Music Video)
Despite the title, boy did this make me cry. Just what I needed to watch today with my heart so full of pain on account of all the pain-filled hearts surrounding me here in Yerushalayim…At the end of the video, I imagined the young Nachlaot victims and Hagit bat Leah’s 5 orphans walking behind Yaakov Shwekey on his way to greet Moshiach…Notice that the video was written and directed by Mendy Pellin of Chabad Tube…phenomenal work, Mendy!!! Thanks to Gila Julie Levi for sending the my...
read moreJewish Bone Marrow Donor and Recipient Meet (3-Minute Emotional Video)
The pedophile crisis in my neighborhood has torn off my blinders, flesh and all. And it hurts. It hurts terribly to realize how evil people can be. How people can purposefully hurt children so horrifically and feel zero regret for what they did. But, at the same time, realizing how evil people can be has given me new-found appreciation for how good people can be as well. When I mistakenly believed (as I did until a few months ago) that every Jew was essentially good, then I took others’ goodness for granted. Like the fact that they had...
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