Rivky Berman OB”M, 29, Reflects on Her Lifelong Struggle with Illness (3-Minute Powerful Video)
Chabad Shlucha to North Carolina, Rivky Berman, passed away recently from a lifelong illness. Someone once asked her how she would feel if she gave birth to a baby with the same illness…This is her powerful response, which makes me take a new look at the challenges I have faced in my life. Visit Jewish.TV […]
Read MoreWhy B Minus is my Favorite Grade
I once saw a gorgeous American datebook made especially for mothers. On one side of each page was the mother’s hourly schedule illustrated with delicate flowers, and beside that was an hourly daily schedule for her child so the mother wouldn’t forget that on Tuesday Max has little league, and on Saturday at 11 AM […]
Read MoreThe Cake I’m Making for my Daughter’s High-School Graduation
This month, my oldest daughter, Hadas, is graduating from high school. And in honor of her graduation, her high school invited all the parents, girls, and faculty up to Beit El to attend a Shabbaton together next week. This has been a dream of a high school for Hadas, who has made so many dear […]
Read MoreShavuot on Mommy Duty
The perfect Shavuot bombards me from all directions. A 5-layer cheesecake in this magazine. Homemade white chocolate Torah scrolls lollipops for the kiddush in that one. And an elaborate table decorated with tropical flower arrangements in crystal goblets in yet another. And on a spiritual level? Fascinating classes for women around the corner from 11 […]
Read MoreMy Painful Soviet Summer
In the summer of 1991, as part of a Soviet-US cultural exchange, the US government sent me with a bunch of other college students to work as a counselor at a Soviet summer camp. In hopes of creating a spirit of friendship and mutual understanding between the Soviet and American peoples, I spent a month […]
Read MoreJewishMOM.com on Vacation until Wednesday June 1st
Hi JewishMOM, We just got back from a wonderful trip up north to Meron for Lag Ba’omer and then Tsfat for Shabbat (with my husband’s students). And now I realize that Sunday, Monday, Tuesday I will be making trips out of the city–which is something that usually happens once every few months, and not several […]
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