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Sue Koltai: My Heart is Absolutely Shattered, Azi was the Light of my Life

In the aftermath of the Meron tragedy, one of people who provided the most chizuk to a deeply-shaking Am Yisrael was, ironically, one of the people at the heart of that paroxysm of grief that was Lag BaOmer 2021: Har Nof’s Sue Koltai, mother of 13-year-old Azi z”l. In this deeply moving interview by Estee Yarmish, Sue Koltai tell us about what a remarkable...

Bracha Goetz: Overcoming Overeating Joyfully!

In this interview, Bracha Goetz discusses her book Searching for God in the Garbage about her personal journey to overcoming food...

The Lubavitcher Rebbe on parenting : Sometimes Less Is More

Sunday, June 13, 2021, marks the 27th anniversary of the passing of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. On the anniversary of a tzadik’s passing, all the light that he planted in this world—his teachings, good deeds, and everything in which he invested his life and being—all this shines brightly, so that anyone connected to him can receive...

Meeting my secret hero for the 1st Time

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 11, 2021 in Inspiration, Motherhood | 0 comments

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This Sunday: My Journey to Overcoming Overeating- Joyfully! with Bracha Goetz

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 9, 2021 in Jewish Moms, My life | 0 comments

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Gilad Shalit, Mazal Tov!

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 8, 2021 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel | 2 comments

It’s been almost a decade since Gilad Shalit was released by Hamas after 5 years in captivity. And now b”H he’s getting married this month to his fiance Nitsan Shabbat. I remember reciting a daily Tehillim for Gilad ben Aviva. It had been years since there had been any sign of life from him, […]

The Week of Parshat Korach, Dramatic Footage of Ground Opening Up in Jerusalem

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 7, 2021 in Current Events, Israel | 3 comments

Days before Jews around the world read about the earth opening up to swallow Korach and his supporters, this afternoon in the parking lot of Jerusalem’s Shaarei Tsedek Medical Center, a sinkhole swallowed up several cars. So many freak accidents over recent weeks. The tragedies in Meron, Karlin-Stolin, the Biran family, and now this. B”H, […]

Mom’s-Eye View from Lod, Israel

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 7, 2021 in Inspiration, Israel, Motherhood, My life | 0 comments

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My Shabbat in Tel Aviv Catharsis 😄

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 3, 2021 in Israel, My life | 2 comments

New Interview With Tal Zaouch

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 2, 2021 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 0 comments

This Sunday 8pm Israel 1pm EST

My $1000 Miracle

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 1, 2021 in Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 5 comments

I apologize in advance for the TMI, but we Weisbergs have been having lots of toilet trouble. Around February we removed the offending flushing mechanism, so that (theoretically) I could take it to the store and buy a new one that worked. But I hadn’t realized that toilets, and flushing mechanisms in particular, are the […]