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Iranian Crash: This Guy Gets It!
https://jewishmom.com/wp-content/uploads/443697558_1422111528436487_4756272254415499826_n.mp4 Thank You Hashem for all the Miracles!!
read moreA Little Girl’s Request from Hashem
https://jewishmom.com/wp-content/uploads/5880f657-c8a7-45e9-9dae-2c61ca3bba9f.mp4 So sweet! Shavua tov ❤️
read moreMazal Tov! A New Book is (Almost) Born
For the first time in 17 years I am about to put out a new book! Blessings: A Shabbat Dinner Companion has been a long-standing dream of ours that became a joint labor of love this past year for me and my husband, Joshua. Josh and I both discovered Shabbat when we were in our late teens (thank you Jeff Seidel!). And we both fell head over heels in love with Shabbat at first sight. When I returned to Bowdoin College for my final semester after those transformational first 8 months in Israel, I was the only Jew keeping Shabbat within 25 miles....
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Mazal Tov to Israel, Mazal Tov to Me
https://jewishmom.com/wp-content/uploads/f79cb41e-95ad-4981-a7f4-9e3fc4ff2956.mp4 Today Israel celebrated its 76th birthday, and this year I celebrated my 30th year in Israel. And I want to tell you that after all these years the thrill and the deep gratitude I feel to live here have only grown along with the electric sanctity I feel here and my passion for my adopted country. Thank You Hashem for enabling me to live HERE. In the land of Israel, in the State of Israel, in Jerusalem. for 30 years and...
read moreFallen Soldier Ben Zussman’s Remarkable Final Letter to his Family
Earlier today, on my daily morning walk, I was trying to figure out what to post in order to express the paralyzing grief felt across Israel this Yom HaZikaron. And then I noticed a book being given away: “Eternal Light: 49 Stories of Heroism from the Swords of Iron War.”* So I took a copy, and noticed a name I recognized: American-Israeli Ben Zussman HY”D whose shiva I attended this past December. At the shiva, I spoke at length with Ben’s heroic mother, Sarit, and more briefly with Ben’s wonderful grandmother....
read moreIsrael at the Eurovision: From Loud Boo’s to 2nd Place
Something incredible happened yesterday that makes me feel like we in Israel just got the hugest hug from the world. And I personally find this hug so deeply comforting since it came right before tonight’s searingly painful Israeli Memorial Day, with so many new victims of terror and fallen soldiers to mourn for since October 7th. In this video you can get a taste of this hug, see how the European crowd loudly cheers Israeli representative Eden Golan, far more cheering than was received by any other country. There was a lot of...
read moreGood News from Rehab Ward for Soldiers
Reserve Sgt. Shilo Oren celebrated yesterday with the Ichilov hospital staff that treated his injuries with such dedication over the five long months since he was seriously injured in Gaza. Saluting the medical professionals healing our heroes, with Hashem’s help! Shavua...
read moreA Love Song for Israel performed by Yonina
love all of Yonina’s songs, but this one really touched my heart. Especially in these challenging times, it moved me to see their unwavering (and unwaver-able) love of Israel, “no matter what happens.” May Hashem watch over Yoni and all the IDF soldiers, and may peace return to this Holy Land. Shabbat SHALOM! Translated Lyrics: THE LAND OF ISRAEL A land, a land, a land, a land of a light blue sky without a cloud , and the sun is to it (to the land) like milk and honey. A land we were born in a land we will live...
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