My Son’s Kindergarten Teacher Assassinated by WhatsApp

Posted by JewishMom on May 24, 2021 in Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 8 comments

2 weeks ago an upset mother complained in the WhatsApp group of my son’s kindergarten that the afternoon ganenet, whom I will call Sima,* had yelled at her son and pulled him by the ear. This upset boy told his mother that the ganenet was a “Rashait,” an evil woman. This prompted over 400 posts […]

Bringing a Shabbat SHALOM to Lod

Posted by JewishMom on May 21, 2021 in Inspiration, Israel, My life | 0 comments

My husband and I have a deep connection with the Jewish community of Lod because my husband’s rav is Rav Yisrael Samet of the Lod’s Garin HaTorani (the Zionist-religious community). Rav Samet and his Rabbanit Tami basically adopted my husband when he arrived in Israel 30 years ago, and then, in turn, me and our […]

One IDF Soldier’s Wonderful Problem (9-Min. Shabbat-Shalom Video)

Posted by JewishMom on May 21, 2021 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, My life | 0 comments

One IDF Soldier’s Wonderful Problem (9-Min. Shabbat-Shalom Video)

An Oasis in the Current Chaos: My Daughter’s Mud Beit Midrash (8-Min. Shabbat-Shalom Video)

Posted by JewishMom on May 14, 2021 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, My life | 2 comments

Israel at War and a Young Woman’s Heroic Choice

Posted by JewishMom on May 12, 2021 in Inspiration, Israel, My life | 2 comments

Hundreds of rockets falling, a state of emergency declared as Israeli Arabs riot, the injured filling Israeli hospitals, funerals for the victims, and IDF platoons heading south for a possible ground invasion. Among Israel’s worst escalation of violence in 7 years, today I received such wonderful news from Chana, a beautiful, idealistic young woman who […]

My Kids “Taking the Scenic Route” and Tefilat HaShla

Posted by JewishMom on May 10, 2021 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 4 comments

Tefilat HaShela My husband and I both did a lot of searching before we ended up as Orthodox Jews in our early twenties. I guess I thought, as the BT mother of FFB kids, that Josh and I had searched so our kids wouldn’t have to. Well, BTs plan and their FFB kids (at least […]