Celebrating Birth of 100th Great-Grandchild: “This is our response to Hitler”
Michael (92) and Marion (90) Mittwoch fled Germany as teenagers when Hitler rose to power, and were among the founders of Kibbutz Lavi. This month they celebrated the birth of their 100th great-grandchild, Dagan Raz (in the center of the photo below, along with proud great-grandparents, father, and grandfather). Michael Mittwoch reflected with emotion, “This […]
Read MoreCoping with My Mother’s Death by Anonymous (Rabbi Nivin Chabura Testimonial)
The Personal Development Chabura of my teacher, Rabbi Aryeh Nivin, was named one of the six most ambitious spiritual initiatives by Family First magazine. Visit www.newchabura.com to find out more about joining the $1 no-commitment 2-class Life Purpose seminar for women– starting this week. Every JewishMOM.com reader who signs up for the $1 Life Purpose […]
Read MoreAn Ode to the Pregnant Poetess by Chana Mason
You’re not a bulky, chunky butterball who’s let her self go to the whims of self indulgence. Nor a whale-like, distended, jelly-belly of unattractiveness. Not pot bellied, overweight, round around the edges. Not swollen, stout, roly poly. Not fat and all that. No, woman. You are a cocoon within which life blooms An oasis, where […]
Read MoreA Traffic Jam in the Holy Land
On Thursday, an older married couple visiting from America gave me a ride home. When the husband turned right on Betsalel Street, we discovered what looked like a mile-long parking lot. “Oh no!” I muttered, “a traffic jam…We should have gone another way.” But the husband had a very different reaction. He sang out, “Thank […]
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A Girl’s 1st New Years Kiss
My 9th grader Hallel and some of her friends heard somewhere that across the world men and women and boys and girls have a tradition of kissing at midnight on New Years Eve. So these girls, classmates at the same religious high school, decided last night to stay up until midnight… And as midnight drew […]
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