Some Weird Things about the Haifa Fire
CLICK TO RECEIVE THE #1 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR JEWISH MOMS This past Shabbat, I was thinking about the fire raging in the North that had already claimed 41 lives. Looking at my Shabbat candles, I remembered all the broken, mourning widows who were spending their first Shabbat without a husband. I was thinking of all […]
Read MoreWhat's Inside Your Drawer?
CLICK TO RECEIVE THE #1 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR JEWISH MOMS If you read A Chanukah Wave you know that Chanukah is a real struggle for me. But over the years, I’ve taken steps to make it a whole lot better than it once was… When I was a kid, I looked forward to vacations from […]
Read MoreMommy Peptalk: The "Holiday" Concert
Moving reflections on the school Christmas concerts of my childhood. [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3255264466357241912&hl=en#]
Read MoreOn my Way to buy Potatoes…
CLICK TO RECEIVE THE #1 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR JEWISH MOMS This morning, excited to be on my way to buy potatoes for latkes, I thought of an older couple I know that has “EVERYTHING.” They’ve got the intensely successful careers that have brought them wealth and even local newspaper celebrity. They’ve got the 2 BMWs […]
Read MoreRivka bat Yael Update: Welcome Back, Rivki!
CLICK TO RECEIVE THE #1 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR JEWISH MOMS Wonderful news this week from Nachlaot! 7 months after her near fatal head injury on Israeli Independence Day, little Rivki Razel returned to her kindergarten, Gan Rachel, for the first time this past Friday in order to participate in the gan’s weekly Kabbalat Shabbat ceremony. […]
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