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The Menorahs of my Son Menachem Mendel z”l by Nechama Zirkind

Posted by JewishMom on Dec 3, 2021 in Featured, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 0 comments

In honor of today’s Shloshim of 20-Year-Old Menachem Mendel Zirkind of Crown Heights Brooklyn. Menachem Mendel loved people and people loved him. He had a unique way about him and encouraged people in many areas. He had a special way about him and shared his most valuable thing, which is a connection with Hashem and […]

Chanukah: The Real Story by Yoni of Yonina

Posted by JewishMom on Dec 2, 2021 in Current Events, Featured, Inspiration, Jewish Moms | 0 comments

Watching this video I realized I know next to nothing about the historical Chanukah story! In addition to learning a lot I found out something that made me (and my 7-year-old Yonatan) really happy! When Yonatan’s bris fell out on the 1st day of Chanukah, we decided to name him Yonatan because we loved the […]

Turning 50 and My Chanukah Candles

Posted by JewishMom on Nov 30, 2021 in Current Events, Featured, Inspiration | 8 comments

I’m turning 50 next month ,and I haven’t been feeling so chipper about that, but since I heard the following quotation from Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning I’ve undergone a signficant switch in the way I’ve been thinking about growing older in general and this coming milestone birthday in particular. Dr. Frankl wrote: “The […]