The Riots: Keeping Sane in an Insane World (1-Minute Rabbi Fischel Schachter Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 3, 2020 in Current Events, Inspiration, Inspirational Videos | 0 comments

The I Accept Song (4-Minutes)

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 3, 2020 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

A friend shared this song with me a few weeks ago, and whenever I listen to it, it gives me a powerful push to say “I accept” too. I wasn’t able to figure out who the singer is, please share in the comments if you recognize. KOL ISHA

Mom, Are We Having Fun Yet?

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 1, 2020 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 2 comments

This past Shabbat, a mother I know confided: “I’ve been feeling down about my life. I always dreamed of becoming a wife and a mother. But I’d always assumed that living the life of my dreams would actually feel good! I was reminded of that confused mother this morning when I heard the Hornosteipler Rebbetzin […]

Hours After the Rosh Yeshiva’s Home Burned Down, Here’s What He Told His Community (6-Minute Audio)

Posted by JewishMom on May 27, 2020 in Current Events, Inspiration, Inspirational Videos | 0 comments

Last Thursday night, the Jewish community of Johannesberg was rocked by news of a fire that had burned down the home of rosh yeshiva and community Rabbi Yechezkel and Rebbetzin Hadassah Auerbach. Early the following morning Rabbi Yechezkel shared these deeply inspiring reflections.

I am Not That Wife Yelling at Her Husband

Posted by JewishMom on May 26, 2020 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 3 comments

This morning I was so furious at one of my kids I could have screamed! And then, while walking Yoni to gan, I noticed an older woman in a car screaming at her husband (who barely seemed to notice. Poor guy, looked like he was used to it…) And that reminded me of something I’ve […]

A Fire Destroyed the Home of my Family and the Heart of our Community by Breindy Klawanksy

Posted by JewishMom on May 25, 2020 in Current Events, Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 0 comments

[This past Thursday, a gas-heater explosion burned down the family home of Johannesburg community rabbi and Rosh Kollel, Rabbi Yechezkel and Rebbetzin Hadassah Auerbach. B”H, there were no injuries. In this poem, daughter Breindy reminisces about what their home meant to the Auerbach’s 10 children and to their entire community]. I’m mourning for the walls. […]

Lickety-Split Bar Mitzvah Miracles

Posted by JewishMom on May 24, 2020 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 18 comments

Yoel’s lickety-split aliya l’Torah this past Shabbat was beautiful. Yoel read his aliya nicely and we were all so happy to be able to celebrate afterward at a small kiddush with friends and neighbors. In my eyes, on the continuum between boy and man, this Shabbat seems to have moved Yoel a notch man-ward, b”H. […]

Never Give Up! (2-Minute Inspirational Video)

Posted by JewishMom on May 23, 2020 in Uncategorized | 3 comments

These ducks gave me chizuk!

Yoel’s Lickety-Split Bar Mitzvah

Posted by JewishMom on May 20, 2020 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 20 comments

Last August we reserved this coming Shabbat at the shul next door for Yoel’s bar mitzvah aliya l’Torah. Our first bar mitzvah after 4 bat mitzvahs. I’ve been dreaming about this event for years. Yoel being called up for his first aliya, reading from the Torah, and the celebratory kiddush with family and friends afterward. […]

The 1st Things I Did After My Husband was Put on Unpaid Leave

Posted by JewishMom on May 19, 2020 in Current Events, Inspiration, My life | 9 comments

My husband has been receiving a salary from the same institution for 21 years. Until the outbreak of the coronavirus, when he joined tens of millions of other people on involuntary unpaid leave. Over the course of those 21 years, his salary was deposited every single month, without fail. And all of a sudden, it […]