The Real Reason My Son Cried at His Bris (2-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Yoni’s most painful “memory” from his bris. This past Shabbat morning around 8 AM, my youngest, 4-year-old Yoni, woke me up. “Eema!” he whimpered, “My bris was on Chanukah, and there were sufganiyot there! But I didn’t eat a sufganiya at my bris! So I want to have a sufganiya NOW!” Yoni’s older siblings thought […]
Read MoreCritically-Injured American IDF Soldier Nathaniel Ferber
Critically-injured IDF soldier Nathaniel Felber grew up in the United States and moved to Israel from Maryland several years ago. His family remembers how he “would always return home [from the army] with a smile that lit up the house.” Here’s an update written this past Wednesday by Natanel’s cousin: Last Thursday, Netanel Felber, Netanel […]
Read MoreA Text Message from Liora Silberstein to You
Last Friday, my neighbor who is a nurse at the same hospital where Shira Ish Ran is hospitalized, presented her with your letters. Thanks to you JewishMOM readers, Shira received over 400 letters, from all over Israel, the US, South Africa, Australia, Europe, South America. There were even letters from unusual places– Nigeria, Honduras, Ireland, […]
Read MoreHappy Birthday to Me!
Mazal tov! Today is my birthday! Wanna know how old I am? This year I’m finally old enough that I’m no longer going to be telling people how old I am… Anyway, this birthday I did what Shira Ish-Ran requested from me to do, for the sake of her and her husband and her baby […]
Read MoreShira’s Request from Us
Last Friday, 2 days after losing her firstborn son, Shira Ish-Ran wrote this note imploring us parents: “…For the sake of Amichai, me, and our Amiad Yisrael, all parents will give one more hug to their children, and will tell them that they love them, no matter what.” OK, JewishMOMs, let’s get to it…We have […]
Read MoreThe Song Tziona Achishena Wrote After Getting Her Get
Popular singer Tziona Achishena and I have some unusual things in common. We are both baalot teshuva from Maryland whose parents named her Jenny, and both of us were deeply impacted by time we spent pre-Teshuva in Indonesia. Both of us also love her music:) When I heard Tziona performing this song over a year […]
Read More1st Interview with Amichai and Shira: The Blood of Am Yisrael Flows through My Veins
Today was the first press conference with Shira and Amichai Ish-Ran–where they present an impassioned message about Jewish unity. Definitely one of the most inspiring videos I have ever seen.
Read MoreA Mother’s Greatness: The Mothers in Last Week’s Headlines (4-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
The secret behind the superhuman faith of Liora Silberstein and Udel Cohen. The main feeling I’m having right now, in the wake of this last traumatic week, is awe. Awe for the Jewish people and for Jewish mothers in particular. Last Sunday night, as you all know, the parents of Shira Ish Ran, Chaim and […]
Read MoreMother of Charedi Soldier, Yossi Cohen HY”D, Remembers his Last Shabbat
The Jewish people mourns the murder this past Thursday of two IDF soldiers in the terror attack by Givat Hassaf. Yuval Mor Yosef and Yosef Cohen of the Charedi Battalion. In this video, Yossi’s mother shares what her beloved son gave thanks for on his final Shabbat in this world. The young woman seriously injured […]
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