When a Baby Started Screaming in the Middle of the Class

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 20, 2020 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 0 comments

On Shabbat, at the weekly neighborhood class for mothers and daughters, Rabbanit Tal Rachmani spoke about midwives Miriam and Yocheved who refused to obey Pharaoh’s inhuman decree that they murder all the newborn males, thereby saving a generation of Jewish boys. According to Rashi, Rabbanit Tal continued, Miriam is called Puah in this parsha, because: […]

My Shovavim Project

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 19, 2020 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 6 comments

Last week was the beginning of the Shovavim period. For these 6 weeks (almost until Rosh Chodesh Adar) we are supposed to make our lives holier, purer. One year, for example, during the Shovavim period I upgraded my internet filter. One year, I was more careful about the modesty-level of videos I watch online. And […]

Rabbi Belsky’s Mother’s Secret

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 16, 2020 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 3 comments

Being the Older Mother of a Young Child

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 15, 2020 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 8 comments

This morning, while walking Yoni to kindergarten, I saw an old lady, approximately 83 years old and 4 foot 10, approaching us quickly on the sidewalk. Her tight gray headscarf flying behind her. Her lips puckered with determination, a nursery schooler’s choo-choo-train backpack swinging from her hand. So I put one and one together: grandmother […]

Tevet’s 2 Eyes

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 14, 2020 in Inspiration, My life | 1 comment

When Life Gives You Carrots

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 13, 2020 in Inspiration | 4 comments

“Jews Weren’t Put on Earth to be Anti-Anti Semites” (6-Minute “No-Hate, No Fear” Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 12, 2020 in Current Events, Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 2 comments

New York Times columnist Bari Weiss gave the following powerful speech at the No Hate, No Fear solidarity march last week in New York. There were an estimated 25,000 people in attendance protesting the recent outbreak of anti-Semitic attacks: My name is Bari Weiss. I am a proud American. I am a proud New Yorker. […]

What Yeshiva-High-School Students Wear on their Feet in Winter

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 9, 2020 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 8 comments

It’s 46 degrees in Jerusalem today and it’s raining down like somebody poked a hole in the heavens. My Ukrainian cleaning lady chuckled when I complained about the “freezing cold,” and pulled out her phone to show me pines weighed down with snow and ice this week in her native Dnieprpetrovsk. But still, for Jerusalemites, […]

Another (!) Mazal Tov for the 53-Year-Old Bride

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 8, 2020 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 12 comments

A year and a half ago I shared the amazing story of my neighbor, Talia, who got married for the first time at the age of 53. A few weeks ago it occurred to me that I hadn’t seen Talia in a very long time. I wondered if she and her new husband had maybe […]

My Almost 10th-of-Tevet Birth

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 7, 2020 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 6 comments

My Hebrew birthday is tonight. I was born on the 11th of Tevet, a few hours after the fast of the 10th of Tevet (which we mark today) had ended. And a few days ago, my mind was wandering hither and thither, as usual, and it occurred to me how I was almost born on […]