9 Months After Building Mikveh, Baby Born after 21-Year Wait

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 9, 2023 in Featured, Inspiration | 0 comments

This is so beautiful. My favorite thing about this video is how the entire community came together to help their childless neighbors, and then how the entire community had a big celebration with dancing and music in the streets when they brought home their baby girl. “All who mourn [the destruction of] Jerusalem will merit […]

Mama Bear :)

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 8, 2023 in Current Events, Featured, Jewish Moms | 1 comment

The Student my Husband Didn’t Want to Meet

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 6, 2023 in Current Events, Featured, My life | 1 comment

Last Friday my husband, Joshua, returned from a 2- week trip to North America where he taught at several synagogues and visited family. Over Shabbat Josh told me the following remarkable story: “A friend of mine who is also a teacher sent me a message when I first arrived in the US asking if I […]

The 1st Step

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 5, 2023 in Featured, Inspiration | 0 comments

A Hug Out of Nowhere

Posted by JewishMom on May 1, 2023 in Featured, Inspiration, Jewish Moms, My life | 5 comments

Yesterday my daughter had an appointment in a quiet, remote neighborhood overlooking the Malcha Mall. The appointment was an hour long, so I looked around for a place to daven and chose a bench by a walking path sandwiched between rosemary bushes and grass on both sides. The freshly-mowed grass made it smell like Baltimore […]

The Baby My Daughter Waited 5 Years For by Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi

Posted by JewishMom on Feb 8, 2023 in Featured, Inspiration | 0 comments

(I’ve known Rabbanit Yemima’s daughter Shuli since she was a young girl. I was at her Bat Mitzvah. I rejoiced when I heard she’d gotten married. And over recent years, I would often exchange greetings with her when I ran into her on her way to teach 6th grade near my home. She always looked […]