Chabad’s Shlucha to Beijing, the 1st Chabad Shlucha, and other Kinus HaShluchos Highlights (2-Minute Video)
Sivan Rahav Meir reported from this years annual gathering of Chabad’s female emmisaries. Here’s some of my favorite moments from her report. Isn’t Chabad amazing? 3000 women who leave behind everything familiar to help out Jews in a strange new land. Chabad shluchos, JewishMOM salutes you!
Read MoreWhen 10 Women Prayed for One Another, and Saw Miracles by Emuna
About 2 years ago, I had been trying to get pregnant for a few years and things were not happening. B”H we already had 2 beautiful, healthy children – both born after a notable amount of davening and physical/medical efforts. My youngest was already 3 and I was yearning for our family to grow. I […]
Read MoreGive Your Kid a Smartphone!: One Mom’s Controversial Approach to the Teenage-Smartphone Epidemic
My approach with my kids has generally been to keep smartphones away from them as long as socially possible, and then when I can no longer delay the inevitable, allow smartphones without a browser. But (as I’ve recently discovered) those teenagers eventually grow into young adults with their own bank accounts and smartphones of their […]
Read MoreThe Song of a Mother and Her Child
I spent this past Shabbat at my 9th-grade daughter’s high school for the annual parents’ Shabbaton. One of the highlights of a beautiful Shabbat was at the end of 3rd meal, as the Sun fell beyond the horizon and all we mothers and daughters sat together in a gigantic circle to sing soulful end-of-Shabbos songs. […]
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The Nachlaot Pedophile Ring and Queen Esther
I occasionally still get phone calls from journalists who want to interview me about the Nachlaot pedophile ring, which I used to write about a lot before we moved. But since we left Nachlaot 4 years ago, I’ve forwarded all those requests to my husband. That nightmare of a case consumed 4 years of my […]
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