Why the Rabbi Ran in the Marathon
One day, popular lecturer Rabbi Fischel Schachter, was on his way to the hospital to visit an elderly relative. But when he had almost reached the hospital, he discovered that the street he had to cross to get to the hospital’s entrance was blocked off for the New York Marathon. Rabbi Schachter approached a policeman, […]
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Chanukah Contest Accepting Anonymous JewishMOMs
Just to clarify, for this year’s Chanukah Contest, feel free to submit the story of your inspirational JewishMOM without sharing her name. I’m looking forward to reading your submissions and spreading a lot of JewishMOM light around the world this Chanukah!
Read MoreHappy World Children’s Day!
I never heard of this holiday before, but I learned today that November 20th is World Children’s Day. So I made this collage in honor of it… Please tell me, have any of you JewishMOMs heard of World Children’s Day before? Am I the last person on the planet to hear of this? Is it […]
Read MoreWhy Bring Children into the World? 7 Suggestions
Today, I came across an internet forum of JewishMOMs discussing the age-old question: Why Bring Kids into the World? What would YOU answer? Why did YOU want to become a JewishMOM? Leave your answers in the comments section below… Here’s a taste of the answers provided by participants in the forum: “If we don’t perform […]
Read MoreThe Most Inspiring JewishMOM I Know (2-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
The mom I would nominate for this year’s JewishMOM.com Chanukah Contest. Who is the most inspiring JewishMOM I know? Since this is the question I’m asking you to answer for this year’s Chanukah Contest, I’ve been wondering what I would answer… And I realize that I know so many inspiring mothers, I cannot possibly choose […]
Read MoreThe JewishMOM $50 Chanukah Contest
Every JewishMOM is a candle, who lights up the darkness. Do you know a Jewish mother who inspires you in the particular way she lights up the world? Tell us about this inspiring JewishMOM (in 500 words or less) or make a video about her (7 minutes or less) and send it to me before […]
Read MoreMind-Boggling Gaza Miracle Has Israel Abuzz (1-Minute Amazing Video)
Israel is buzzing today with the great miracle that happened here. This Monday, a bus carrying dozens of IDF soldiers approached Gaza. Just minutes after they arrived at their destination, as you can see in this Palestinian footage, a Hamas anti-tank missile hit that bus, destroying it completely. Miraculously, just minutes before that Hamas missile […]
Read MoreFamilies Under Fire
Yesterday, in the middle of my 6 PM Weisberg-family hullabaloo, my husband called. The Gaza situation had heated up dramatically, he told me. Hamas was firing missiles far and wide, throughout the south of Israel and beyond. And it’s possible, my husband warned me, that there could be missiles fired at Jerusalem as well. Unfortunately, […]
Read MoreThe Baalat Teshuva’s Song (3-Minute Inspirational Video)
The surprising song I sang yesterday. Here is the text of this video: Yesterday, on my way home with a heavy bag of tangerines in my right hand and oranges in my left, I found myself singing a tune. But I couldn’t place what tune I was singing… Until I realized, I was singing a […]
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