The Song I Will be Singing this Israeli Memorial Day
Memorial Day is still several hours away, but I already feel the heaviness in the air, the grief that falls over the country like a cloud as we remember the 23,447 soldiers who gave their lives so I and my family and every Israeli can live securely in our homeland. This heartbreaking yet inspirational song, […]
Read MoreThe Serene Mother’s Secret
The following anecdote is based on a story shared by Mrs. Miryam Swerdlov on the Eishes Chayil hotline: A woman was once in the supermarket, and overheard the mother of a young daughter who was having a series of tantrums. “But mommy, I don’t want cornflakes! I want Cap’n Crunch! Noooow!” The mother quietly responded […]
Read MoreOur Erev Pesach Medical Emergency (9-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
I spent the 2 weeks before Passover in and out of the hospital with a family member. https://vimeo.com/165748534
Read MoreWhat I Hear on Yom HaShoah
On Rosh Hashanah we hear the shofar. On Chanukah? Maoz Tsur. Purim? Megilat Esther. Pesach? The Four Questions. And what is the sound we hear today, on Yom HaShoah? The primal scream of the 10 AM siren, when Israel stands silently honoring the inhumanly murdered 6 million: mothers and fathers, sons and daughters. But today […]
Read MorePassover According to my 3-Year-Old
My 3-year-old Yaakov said a lot of interesting and entertaining things this Passover. One day, Yaakov informed me, “Eema, when I was in Egypt, many, many years ago, I was a locust,” and then he launched into a rousing rendition of “Avadim Hayinu.” Another day, he asked Josh to take the skin off his piece […]
Read MoreHow to Make Sure You Don’t Miss any of my Daily Posts
If you are following JewishMOMs on facebook, that means you probably only receive a small fraction of my daily posts. To make sure you receive every one of my daily posts, you can sign up for my weekly newsletter (which includes a digest of all that week’s posts) or daily Emails–over here on the right… […]
Read MoreThis is How I DON’T Juggle Everything by Goldie Tenenbaum Grossbaum
I heard this wise piece quoted in a class given by the powerhouse international speaker Mrs. Miriam Swerdlov (if you’ve never heard her, you SHOULD! You can hear a weekly half-hour class by Mrs. Swerdlov at 212.444.1900). This piece touched my Eema-heart so deeply, it moved me to tears…so I knew I had to share […]
Read MoreNow That Passover’s Gone
Yesterday morning, I walked over to the trash dumpster, and was met by a mountain of mega-micron tinfoil crowned by an empty shmura matza box. And I felt as deflated as the bread of affliction. “That’s all that’s left?” I wondered. That’s all that’s left of all my hard work: Cleaning Shopping Organizing Cooking? Just […]
Read MoreLiberation: One Formerly-Frantic Mom’s Pesach Cleaning Journey as told to C. Saphir
When I read this woman’s story in Mishpacha Magazine, it brought tears to my eyes and knew I had to share with all you JewishMOMs in these crazy days leading up to seder night. Chag kasher v’sameach! “Hi, Gila,” my husband, Aryeh, greeted me. “What’s for supper?” The scrub brush I was holding clattered to […]
Read MoreWhat My Son Did After I Cleaned his Room for Passover
Last week, I went through the clothing in my boys’ room and set aside clothing which no longer fits to be given away or into storage bags which I labeled with their different sizes. I gave away the give-away bag and then placed the storage bags on top of my sons’ cabinet. This past Sunday […]
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