You Let Your Kids Do WHAT?
20/20 featured a shocking episode this past Friday called “You Let Your Kids Do WHAT?” This show includes a Las Vegas Billionaire who bribes her teenage daughter to bring home straight A’s with trips to Morocco and $20,000 shopping sprees. A couple that is raising their sons on a Florida nudist colony. And a couple [...]
Read MoreThe Real Life Seven Dwarfs (8-Minute Barbara Walters Interview)
This week, 20/20 featured the world’s largest family of dwarfs, parents Trent and Amber of Georgia and their 5 children. I think it is SO inspiring to see this family that manages to maintain a positive outlook despite the extreme medical and social challenges they face constantly (as mother Amber explains, they reject the “woe-is-me” [...]
Read MoreThe Rebbe who Risked his Life for Mikveh
It’s mikvah night. You park your car, plop down your money, do your preparations, dunk, and go… It’s so easy to forget about the spiritual power of this crucial mitzvah… So I was struck by this Mishpacha account about the Nadvorna Rebbe zt”l, who was famous for his stunning self-sacrifice for the mitzvah of mikvah. [...]
Read MoreWhat If?: A Portrait of Infertility (4-Minute Powerful Video)
This video, created by a childless Jewish woman, is a powerful reminder for us JewishMOMs about just how sensitive we need to be to the pain of the 1 in 8 married women who struggle with infertility.
Read MoreThe Widow’s Last Taxi Ride
Thanks so much to Kochav Yaakov JewishMOM Sara Greenberg for sending this my way… A NYC Taxi driver wrote: I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I honked again. Since this was going to be the last ride of my shift I thought about just driving away, but [...]
Read MoreWhy Cystic Fibrosis Patient ADORES her Life (12-Minute Inspiring Video)
14-year-old Cystic Fibrosis patient Claire Wineland has undergone dozens of surgeries and spent over 1000 days of her life in the hospital. Despite all of this, she radiates phenomenal joy and passion and has an amazingly positive outlook towards the non-stop challenges she’s faced throughout her life. What an inspiration this girl is! Thanks so [...]
Read MoreThe Worry Wart
The infectious disease specialist reviewing my test results was extremely concerned. “According to your blood test,” Doctor M. explained with a furrowed brow, “there is a .5% chance that you’ve been infected. And if you’ve been infected, then there’s a 5% chance that the effects could be devastating.” The doctor, who was hands-down the friendliest, [...]
Read MoreWhen My Friend Became My Enemy
My friend Rivka* returned my “Shalom” with narrowed eyes and through gritted teeth… Rivka and I have been close friends for over a decade. On more occasions than I can count, I’ve provided Rivka with a compassionate ear during times of crisis (of which she has experienced many), and raised charity funds for her when [...]
Read MoreYeshiva Boys Choir Newly-Released Video: Amein (4-Minute Fun Video)
I think these boys are SO adorable…I wonder whether my Yoel could sing like this in a few years? Here’s the lyrics: כל מי שעונה אמן בעולם הזה, זוכה ועונה אמן לעולם הבא. דברים רבה “Whoever answers Amen in this world, will merit to answer Amen in the world to come.” Deuteronomy Rabbah
Read More12 Years in 3 Minutes (3-Minute Cool Video)
“What do the bereaved mothers always tell me?” Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi told us on Memorial Day last week, “I didn’t tell him that I love him enough. I didn’t hug him enough. I didn’t kiss him enough.” The days, the months, the years are flying by. Our kids are growing up in the blink an [...]
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