What Shira Ish Ran Said When She Saw Her Dying Baby
Regarding the tragic death of Shira and Amichai’s 3-day-old baby yesterday, through tears Chaim Silberstein told reporters today: “Shira is a strong girl, and through her tears she said, she will show them. With G-d’s help, she will bear many more babies, Am Yisrael Chai. Those were almost the first words she said when she […]
Read MoreBaruch Dayan Haemet: The Ish-Ran’s Baby Passed Away
I am so sad to share the tragic news that after 3 days of struggling to live, the baby of Shira and Amichai Ish-Ran passed away today. His parents gave him the name: Amiad Yisrael–which has two meanings: the Jewish people will exist forever as well as the Jewish people will live forever in their […]
Read MoreAmichai Speaks with Shira for 1st Time: “You are a Powerful Woman!”
Yesterday (Tuesday) newlyweds, Shira and Amichai Ish Ran, saw each other for the first time since Sunday’s terror attack. Amichai was brought by wheelchair into the ICU to visit his wife of 9 months holding a bouquet of flowers. Shira’s father, Chaim Silberstein, told Ynet, “Amichai went in to see Shira, and in a flash […]
Read MoreMiracle Girl
From the Jerusalem Post: “That night,” Liora Silberstein said, “at the hospital…20 people participated in her surgery, which took from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., said Liora, who explained that she passed the time by praying and reciting Psalms in hopes of a miracle. “There was a brief scare in the middle of the operation, […]
Read MoreShira’s Parents: Shira Opened Her Eyes!
From a press conference earlier today (Monday) with Shira Ish Ran’s parents.
Read MoreShira Ish Ran’s Parents: Our Daughter’s Chanukah Miracle
First, an update regarding the couple injured in last night’s terror attack: The baby, delivered by emergency C-section last night, is in critical condition and his life is in immediate danger. Please pray for the “Rach HaNolad ben Shira Yael” (רך הנולד בן שירה יעל). Shira Ish-Ran (Shira Yael bat Liora Sara) remains in the […]
Read MorePlease Pray for Terror Victims, Newlyweds Shira and Amichai Ish Ran
Please pray for the 7 people injured in today’s terror attack, including this newly married couple who were seriously injured: 21-year-old Shira Yael bat Liora Sara and Amichai Yishai ben Galila. Following the attack, Shira underwent an emergency c-section in her 7th month of pregnancy, the baby’s life is in immediate danger, please pray for […]
Read MoreShulamit: The Mother of 12’s Autistic Daughter
For this year’s Chanukah Contest, I asked readers to nominate mothers who are their personal candle in the darkness, the most inspirational JewishMOM they know. Here is the final semifinalist, Shulamit (Shushu), submitted by Leah Goldberg of Zichron Yaakov, Israel: My friend Shushu grew up in a wealthy family, cared for by a nanny in […]
Read MoreThe Juggling Stepmother
For this year’s Chanukah Contest, I asked readers to nominate mothers who are their personal candle in the darkness, the most inspirational JewishMOM they know. Here is the 6th anonymous semifinalist, submitted by Sharona Kotzen of Jerusalem, Israel: I would like to tell you about a Jewish MOM who inspires me, just by being herself. […]
Read MoreMy Aunt Sonya: After the Holocaust, a Chuppah
For this year’s Chanukah Contest, I asked readers to nominate mothers who are their personal candle in the darkness, the most inspirational JewishMOM they know. Here is the 5th anonymous semifinalist, Sonya K. of Brooklyn, submitted by Yael Maizels of Ariel, Israel: My Aunt Sonya was born in Warsaw in 1925. She miraculously survived 4 […]
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