Grief and Faith: A Young Mother Who Lost 2 Children
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 4th anonymous semifinalist, from Baltimore, Maryland, submitted by Rachel Horan:
Read MoreRebbetzin Mina Gordon: When a Mother of 13 Gets Parkinson’s
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 3rd semifinalist, from Melbourne, Australia, submitted by her daughter Zisa: My mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s when she was in her early 40’s, shortly after her 13th […]
Read MoreLaura Greenbaum: A Special Mom of Special Kids
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 2nd semifinalist, submitted by Lindi Rosen of Boca Raton, Florida: I live next door to an incredible Jewish mom. My friend and neighbor, Laura Greenbaum, is a […]
Read MoreOur Chanukah Chomework (4-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
3 simple tools from Rabbi Nivin and Rabbanit Yemima to access Chanukah’s miraculous spiritual power. OK, JewishMOM, here is your Chanukah Chomework. 3 JewishMOM assignments for Chanukah. The first thing we need to do is finally address the problematic standing of Jewish women in their homes. We accomplish this, Rabbanit Yemima explains, by […]
Read MoreRemembering Chaya bas Orah by Malka Winner
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 1st semifinalist, submitted by Malka Winner of Karmiel, Israel. The most inspiring Jewish mom I know I passed away last week, on Sunday, 10 Kislev. She was […]
Read MoreYaakov’s Unusual Stutter
My 6-year-old, Yaakov, has a stutter that is unusual because it comes and goes once a year or so. I was stumped regarding the trigger of this on-again, off again stutter, until I realized a few years ago that Yaakov would start stuttering when my husband is abroad. And the stutter would promptly disappear when […]
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The 4th Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Innovative Advice to My Great-Great Grandmother
In honor of 19 Kislev, here is an incredible family story I’ve never shared before… In 1875, concerned that her husband had fallen ill on account of a curse placed on him by a different man she had loved and almost married, my great-grandmother sought out the advice of her Rebbe, the Rebbe Maharash. This […]
Read MoreRabbanit Yemima’s Special Chanukah Blessing for JewishMOMs (1-Minute Video)
I ran into my teacher/spiritual mentor/friend, Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi, last night, and I asked her for a pre-Chanukah message special for you JewishMOMs… I edited the video above to make it more accessible for my facebook readers, some of whom don’t know Hebrew etc… But here’s the powerful original uncut version, in which Rabbanit Yemima […]
Read MoreElvis and Chanukah (2-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Some inspirational thoughts on Elvis Presley, the Jew, and Chanukah. Last week I was surprised to find out that Elvis Presley’s great-great maternal grandmother, Nancy Burdine, was Jewish. So even though Elvis was raised as a Christian, he was halachically 100% Jewish. And there’s some evidence that Elvis identified as a Jew. He once gave […]
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