Vote for the new JewishMOM.com Slogan!
Thank you SO MUCH to all of the moms who sent in suggestions for the new JewishMOM.com slogan. It was very hard to choose the semifinalists among the over 60 excellent suggestions I received. And now it’s your turn! Vote for the new JewishMOM.com slogan and the winner will receive a $100 gift certificate from […]
Read MorePlease pray for Chaim Tzuriel ben Naomi
Please pray for Chaim Tzuriel ben Naomi. Chaim Tzuriel is a 23-year-old father of two children who was badly burned and critically injured during a freak building accident in Israel. Chaim Tzuriel is the brother of Morah Achinoam Sheintop, my daughter Hallel’s extraordinary 5th grade teacher. Morah Achinoam and Chaim Tzuriel are children of Rabbi […]
Read MoreThe Jewish Mom's Christmas Tree
CLICK TO RECEIVE THE #1 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR JEWISH MOMS My favorite blog, Motherlode, posted a tragic article this week. All about a Jewish mother and why she really wants to get a Christmas tree. The weirdest part is that this is supposed to be funny. Read it and weep, Jewish mom. CLICK TO RECEIVE […]
Read MoreMy Grandmother's Lost Poems
My parents just gave me a book I never knew existed. It is a collection of poetry called November Journey self-published by my grandmother, Florence Freedman z”l, upon her retirement from her position as Professor of Education at Hunter College in 1973. My grandmother, the only grandparent I knew*, passed away when I was 22 […]
Read MoreWinton's Children
CLICK TO RECEIVE THE #1 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR JEWISH MOMS In 1938, British citizen Nicholas Winton enabled 669 Jewish children to flee Czechoslovakia and thereby avoid certain death upon the Nazi annexation. Amazingly, Winton managed to keep his heroic act a secret from his friends and family for fifty years! While on a ski trip […]
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