Lag BaOmer 2021: Emerging from Darkness (9-Min. Charlie Harary Video)

Posted by JewishMom on May 4, 2021 in Current Events, Inspiration, My life | 0 comments

Such an empowering, inspiring message. Thank you, Charlie Harary!

Secular Israelis Flood Blood Banks in Wake of Meron Tragedy

Posted by JewishMom on May 1, 2021 in Inspiration, Israel, My life | 1 comment

On Friday, dozens of secular Israelis waited over an hour and a half at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to donate blood to the largely Charedi victims of the Meron tragedy. They were joined by hundreds of blood donors from around Israel who donated over 2000 pints of blood. The response was so quick and […]

The Tragedy in Meron, and a Miracle Behind the Headlines (10-Min. Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 29, 2021 in Israel, Jewish Moms, My life | 9 comments

Rabbi Shimon Lavi, Police Commissioner Shimon Lavi, and a whisper of comfort from behind the Curtain this dark Lag BaOmer. Here’s the original shabbat shalom video I made hours before Lag BaOmer.  

Lag B’Omer ’20 vs. Lag B’Omer ’21

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 29, 2021 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, My life | 0 comments

I love Lag B’Omer, and last year was such a sad one. With an official limit of 150 visitors at Mt. Meron. B”H, this year the infection rates are so low there will be no entry limit in Meron. That means that hundreds of thousands of Jews of all types and affiliations will join together […]

The Most Adorable Lag Baomer Video I’ve Ever Seen (30 Seconds)

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 27, 2021 in Current Events, Inspirational Videos, Israel | 4 comments

8 years ago my husband made this video of 3-year-old boys circling the Lag Ba’Omer bonfire on their fathers’ shoulders in Meah Shearim, in preparation for their first haircuts. SO adorable!

The Billion-Dollar Invention and Pesach Shani (3-Min. Rabbi YY Jacobson Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 26, 2021 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

Happy Pesach Shani, JewishMOM! I loved this idea, it made me think about how my failures, if I choose to view them from a different angle, could be sources of great blessing and light 🌅

Becoming the Overflowing Glass (4-Min. Mommy Peptalk)

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 25, 2021 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms | 2 comments

2 kinds of giving.

Defiant Battered Wife and the Neighbor who Saved Her Life Honored this Yom Ha’Atsmaut

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 23, 2021 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms | 3 comments

At this year’s annual Independence Day ceremony, Israel honored Shira Isakov, whose husband tried to murder her after she decided to leave their abusive marriage, and Adi Guzi, the neighbor who didn’t even know Shira when she, at great personal risk, came to her rescue. What a moving testament to women’s fierce strength, when necessary, […]

2600-Year-Old Shabbat Candles (3-Min. Shabbat-Shalom Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 22, 2021 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, My life | 2 comments

Shabbat Shalom from the Herodian Quarter Museum.

Connected Marriage Coach Training Program with Rabbi Nivin

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 21, 2021 in Uncategorized | 0 comments