Yaakov’s Surprising Announcement
Last night, in the middle of the bedtime rush, 4-year-old Yaakov took me aside and told me: “Eema, I want to be a sofer stam [a scribe]. “Please buy me a quill. Not any feather from around the house, a special quill from the special store for scribes.” “And please buy me parchment. You don’t […]
Read MoreI am Frum Today because of Arnold Schwarzenegger by Yonatan Danino
The following story, by Yonatan Danino as told to Isaac Horowitz, is reprinted from Ami Magazine. It is the incredible teshuva story of the brother-in-law of actor and musician Shuli Rand, who later worked together with him to create the movie Ushpizin. “Almost everyone who lives in Hollywood is an actor…Like them, I had to […]
Read MoreA Mother’s Days are Long, but….
Last Thursday, I went to pick up 4-year-old Yaakov at gan, and I was surprised to find all the little boys waiting in the gan next door. Turned out the municipality was renovating the ceiling of their gan. I wondered why for approximately a nano-second, but then promptly forgot about it. And then yesterday, I […]
Read MoreTrump (17-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Seeing current events and life in general through Rachel Imenu eyes.
Read MoreThose Annoying Thoughts I Have
This morning I was dropping 4-year-old Yaakov off at gan when I saw another boy getting dropped off by his older sisters. I know that other boy’s mother, she is my older daughter’s principal. And not only that. She is an excellent principal. With just the perfect combination of passion for education, love for her […]
Read MoreI Ate Bacon Last Night for the 1st Time in 24 Years
Over the last year, I’d been noticing “facon” (fake bacon) all over the recipes appearing in Jewish American magazines. And I really wanted to try some. The tastes of my childhood, my primordial memories of food, include parsely dipped in salt water from seder night, gefilte fish with that opaque jelly from the Beth Am […]
Read MoreDina Friedman’s Parenting Course Starting this Week
Dina Friedman is starting her famous parenting course this week. I took this course several years ago, and thought it was the best, most helpful, most innovative parenting approach I’ve every studied. Very highly recommended! Learn more here.
Read MoreMy Visit Yesterday to Rachel’s Tomb
Yesterday my daughter, Moriah, and I traveled with her 6th-grade class to Rachel’s Tomb in honor of Rachel Imenu’s Yahrzeit this Shabbat. It’s a little scary going to Kever Rachel. You have to drive, albeit very briefly, through Palestinian Bethlehem and then, to get to the tomb, you drive down a road protected by 3-story-high […]
Read MoreMy Friend, Mother of 5 and Champion Marathon Runner
Many years ago, when my dear learning partner of close to a decade, Sara Debbie Gutfreund, and I were discussing things we love to do, she told me “I love to run.” At the time, I will confess, I thought that was majorly strange. Who enjoys running? Running is painful and hard! But over the […]
Read MoreThe Injured Soldier (13-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Rethinking the way we view life challenges. If you cannot access youtube, click here to get video from google drive.
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