Why Bring Children into this Cruel World? Rabbanit Yemima on Yom HaShoah

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 12, 2018 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 4 comments

Who is still left today from the Shoah? In my class this week, a Holocaust survivor spoke. She was a 9-year-old girl when the Nazis arrived in her town. The only Holocaust survivors who are among us today are the ones who were little then. And their mothers sowed a seed. They planted within the […]

My Daughter, the IDF Soldier

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 13, 2021 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 3 comments

Tonight, when the Memorial-Day siren blares in honor Israel’s 23,928 fallen soldiers, and a thick cloud of mourning settles over the people of Israel, I will be experiencing it differently than I ever have before. That’s because, in a few months, my 3rd daughter Maayan will be becoming the first member of our family to […]

An Amazing Shidduch Story (7-Minute Mommy Peptalk)

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 11, 2021 in Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 3 comments

The remarkable story behind the engagement party I attended last week.

Shabbat Shalom

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 9, 2021 in Inspirational Videos, Israel, Jewish Moms | 2 comments

Shabbat greetings from the Old City.

Coming Home

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 7, 2021 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 0 comments

Coming home can mean returning to my house and my family. But not only. Coming home can also mean turning inwards, getting reacquainted with my truest self, my authentic purpose, my Divine soul.

Self-Care and a Dead Ambulance Passenger (1-Minute Rabbi YY Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 6, 2021 in Inspiration, Inspirational Videos | 4 comments

I thought this was an awesome metaphor for how urgent it is that we moms make space in our lives to take care of ourselves. Especially now, as we recover from the most demanding holiday for the JewishMOM–Passover.

My Daughter’s Painting of a Pregnant Woman

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 5, 2021 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 8 comments

21 years ago this week, I was anxiously awaiting the birth of my 2nd daughter, Hallel. I’d spent her entire pregnancy feverishly conducting interviews and writing my 1st book Expecting Miracles: Finding Meaning and Spirituality in Pregnancy Through Judaism. And today, 21-year-old Hallel sent me this, her exquisite painting of a pregnant woman. Seeing this […]

After-Pesach Goals (8-Minute Mommy Peptalk)

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 5, 2021 in Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 5 comments

Thoughts on transitioning from Passover to after-Passover.

A Life-Altering Heart Attack and the Message of Matzah (9-Minute Charlie-Harary Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 1, 2021 in Inspiration, Inspirational Videos | 1 comment

Amazing story! The power of NOW!

Spectacular Pesach Lights at Jerusalem´s Chord Bridge

Posted by JewishMom on Mar 30, 2021 in Israel, My life | 0 comments

I saw this and was blown away!

Back at the Kotel!! (1-Minute Mommy Peptalk)

Posted by JewishMom on Mar 29, 2021 in Current Events, Israel, Jewish Moms | 1 comment