Go, Eden, Go!

Posted by JewishMom on May 13, 2024 in Current Events, Inspiration | 0 comments

The Eurovision song contest was viewed last year by 162 million people, making it one of the most-watched non-sporting events in the world. This year’s Israeli representative, 20-year-old Eden Golan, hasn’t had an easy time of it. Her song about October 7th was originally called October Rain, but the Eurovision rejected that title because it […]

Holocaust Survivors’ Messages of Hope for the Hostages

Posted by JewishMom on May 9, 2024 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel | 1 comment

Chizuk Blitz

Posted by JewishMom on May 9, 2024 in Current Events, Inspiration | 0 comments

My Heartfelt Rafah Prayer

Posted by JewishMom on May 9, 2024 in Current Events, Israel | 2 comments

This year I have been studying Rabbi Kosowsky’s book “DMC: Deep Meaningful Conversation-The Amida” which has revolutionized my Amidah, adding profound meaning and kavanah to every nook and cranny of my formerly rushed and blah Shemonah Esreh. At the beginning of the war, I read about the Amida prayer regarding enemies (ולמלשינים אל תהי תקוה […]

A Yom HaShoah Mazal Tov

Posted by JewishMom on May 7, 2024 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel | 1 comment

  At 10 AM this morning at Ashdod’s Assuta Hospital the delivery-room staff stood in silence to honor the 6 million Jews murdered in the Shoah. But their silence was broken by the cry of a newborn baby joined the siren’s wail, a perfect expression of the intense joy intertwined with intense grief of the […]