I Wish I’d Known: I Shouldn’t Do Everything Myself (1-Minute Mommy Peptalk)

I’ve been a mom for 23 years, what do I know today that I wish I’d known back then? Every week I’ll be posting a short video sharing my own hard-won wisdom in hopes that you’ll have an easier time than I did!
Read MoreMy Life as a Jew(ishMOM) by Choice by Kylie Ora Lobell

My daughter is the only blonde-haired, fair-skinned child in her daycare at the local Sephardic synagogue. She got her blonde hair and pale skin from me. Though we look different than other Jews in our Orthodox community, we practice in the same way. Judaism is in our hearts and souls. I converted to Judaism in […]
Read MoreYoel’s Apocalyptic Yeshiva-High-School Interview

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that before our first son, Yoel, was even born 13 years ago, we knew which yeshiva high school we wanted him to attend. And yesterday came the moment he (or at least we) had been awaiting since we found out we were expecting our 1st son after 4 […]
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