COVID COVID Rosh Hashana

Posted by JewishMom on Sep 22, 2020 in Current Events, Featured, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 5 comments

This Rosh Hashana, praying behind a mask in a tiny, socially-distanced minyan in my daughter’s schoolyard, it was so eminently clear to me. God runs everything! If He so desires, He can bring down human society as we know knew it with a virus so small that 100 million could fit on a single pinhead. […]

Life in Lockdown: Then and Now

Posted by JewishMom on Sep 15, 2020 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 3 comments

I Didn’t Talk for 19 Hours, and then I Wrote this Poem

Posted by JewishMom on Sep 14, 2020 in Current Events, Inspiration | 8 comments

Today is the 25th of Elul, the birthday of the world. But just as importantly (for Rabbi Nivin students like me at least) the 25th of Elul is the due date for my annual Elul plan, the blueprint for the year that every Rabbi Nivin student prepares every year before Rosh Hashana. For the last […]

Eyebrow Smiles

Posted by JewishMom on Sep 8, 2020 in Current Events, Inspiration | 0 comments

A Tragedy in Melbourne

Posted by JewishMom on Sep 7, 2020 in Current Events, Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 4 comments

A few weeks ago, long-time JewishMOM.com reader Rebbetzin Mina Gordon wrote to share some very sad news. Her adorable 2-year-old grandson Yehoshua Binyomin (Shua) Cyrulnik had died several days after choking on a jelly sandwich. In honor of the Shloshim, Shua’s siblings made this video capturing how, even at such a young age, Shua loved […]

Can You See a Smile Behind a Mask?

Posted by JewishMom on Sep 6, 2020 in Current Events, Inspiration | 2 comments