I’m Standing On HER Shoulders

Posted by JewishMom on Aug 8, 2018 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 4 comments

Last week, I was sitting in the Kiev airport, waiting for my connecting flight back to Israel, when I heard a Yiddish-accented murmuring (full of “oi’s” and “suff’s”) awakening within me. I suspected maybe I was hearing the voices of souls, if there is such a thing. Of my great and great-great and great-great-great (and […]

Be-You-Tiful!

Posted by JewishMom on Aug 7, 2018 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 0 comments

My Summer Vacation Rant by Yishai Rivo (2-Minute Music Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Aug 6, 2018 in Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 3 comments

There are 2 kinds of parents– parents for whom summer vacation is harder for them. And parents for whom vacation is easier for them. If you fall into the first category, you are not alone!

Maximize Elul in 1 Minute a Day (2-Minute Mommy Peptalk)

Posted by JewishMom on Aug 5, 2018 in Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 2 comments

Rosh Hashana is just one month away! Here’s a simple yet powerful tool to get the most out of Elul and prepare for Rosh Hashana and this coming year in just 1 minute a day.

Moms LOL

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 31, 2018 in Motherhood | 2 comments

I came across these cute signs at a store in Copenhagen. Enjoy!      These ones aren’t funny…but I also love them I would love to hang this last one in my home. What a beautiful description of a Jewish family. And by the way, I love the misspelling of “grateful”–so much to give thanks […]

Guess What Danish Kids Ask Their Moms For at the Supermarket Checkout…

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 30, 2018 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, Uncategorized | 2 comments

Here’s some cool things I’ve seen for the first time in my life this week during our family trip to Copenhagen… Instead of the candy and chocolate bars by the supermarket checkout that make your children beg “Eema, pleeeaase can I have some M&M’s??” Danish children get FREE FRUIT! 50% of Copenhagen’s residents commute by […]

Here’s the Postcard I Promised You From…

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 30, 2018 in Uncategorized | 3 comments

Here is the postcard-post I promised you from our mystery destination…And now that we are here, it is the time to reveal our location. Drumroll, please… Copenhagen, Denmark! (The hint I posted was a quotation from Hamlet, who lived in Denmark). What prompted our visit to this unusual destination? Well, last winter when we were […]

JewishMOM.com is on Vacation Until August 5th

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 25, 2018 in Uncategorized | 13 comments

JewishMOM.com is going on summer vacation. I plan to resume my regular daily posts starting August 5th. I plan to send you a post-card post next week from our unusual destination. Someone asked for a hint, so here it is: There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Feel free to […]

Did You Hear the Joke about the Couple with 10 Children?

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 25, 2018 in Israel, Motherhood | 2 comments

An Israeli rabbi traveled to the US for a speaking tour. After he spoke at a synagogue in New York, he was approached by a married couple. “Rabbi, we have been married for 10 years, and still don’t have any children. Would you please bless us that we should have a child?” The Rabbi blessed […]

What Gift Should I Buy for That Family?

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 24, 2018 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 10 comments

This summer, instead of visiting my parents in Baltimore as I usually do, we decided to meet up with them with two kids for a week of sightseeing in a European city* starting this Friday. My to-do list to prepare for this trip is absolutely epic, filling me with that treading-in-quicksand, 2 days before Pesach […]