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Yoel’s Apocalyptic Yeshiva-High-School Interview

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 20, 2021 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 4 comments

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that before our first son, Yoel, was even born 13 years ago, we knew which yeshiva high school we wanted him to attend. And yesterday came the moment he (or at least we) had been awaiting since we found out we were expecting our 1st son after 4 […]

Eema, You’re a Gibora

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 19, 2021 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 1 comment

The COVID Vaccine and Women’s Fertility Health: Separating Facts from Rumors (8-Minute Important Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 18, 2021 in Current Events, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 7 comments

An educational event sponsored by PUAH From the moment the COVID-19 vaccination campaign began, PUAH’s phone lines have been ringing off the hook. As an organization well-known throughout the greater Jewish community for helping couples fulfill their dreams of building a healthy family, hundreds of anxious women were now turning to us to get their […]

Young Mother with COVID and Newborn in Critical Condition

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 18, 2021 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 4 comments

Today on the light rail, on the way home from getting my 1st corona vaccination, I noticed an elderly woman wearing an official badge that read, “I’ve been immunized against Corona.” I imagined the year this woman has had, distanced from her children and grandchildren, shut up at home. And now she’s free to go […]

The 1st Thing Israel’s Covid Czar Will Do After He’s Vaccinated

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 15, 2021 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

Families Under Lockdown

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 14, 2021 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 0 comments

We are now in the middle of Israel’s 3rd lockdown, which means my kids are home more or less all day, every day. By 9 PM tonight my little kids were yelling at one another again with shrill indignation, and I’d had it. I turned to my oldest, “Hadas, could you pleeease deal with them? […]

My Abba, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 13, 2021 in Inspiration | 0 comments

This reminded me of Mom… Watch an excerpt from Gila Sack’s moving eulogy for her father at his funeral this November.

On My Way to Get the Corona Vaccine…

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 11, 2021 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 13 comments

Over 1.5 million Israelis have gotten the Corona vaccine so far, a sixth of the population, #1 in the world. And I’m personally eager to join that growing number, but I’m too young and too healthy (b”H!) to be eligible. So last night I decided to try my luck, and took a bus to the […]

A Boy Alone and Scared on the Train by Miryam Swerdlov

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 10, 2021 in Inspiration | 0 comments

The Solar System According to Yoni

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 10, 2021 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Judging from this picture Yoni drew in kindergarten, if he’d been around during the 6 days of creation, outer space would be pretty psychedelic.