Margalit Zinati is Not Leaving!
This morning, on my way to run an errand downtown, I was reading about 84-year-old Margalit Zinati, one of the very last Jews left in Pekiin, a village in the Galilee which is now inhabited almost entirely by Druze and Arabs. Both of Margalit’s parents were born in Pekiin, and according to her family tradition, […]
Read MoreYaakov’s Pink Blessing
Yesterday morning, 3 young soldiers, hesder yeshiva students, were injured in a terror attack. And that was why, yesterday afternoon, I was walking along my street thinking about how I just CAN’T stand it anymore! I can’t stand the terror attacks and the heart-rending funerals and the fear. And then I thought back on the […]
Read MoreStop Waiting, Start Living (7-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Is your current reality frustrating to you? Choose to be happy today anyway. https://vimeo.com/153660955
Read MoreA Frosted-Over Thank You
Last night, temperatures dipped below freezing, and this morning when we saw a waterfall over the front of our house, we knew that like thousands of other families, the frosty night has burst our dud shemesh, or solar water heater To shut off the waterfall, we had to shut off water for our whole house […]
Read MoreThe Hero I Saw on the Way to Gan Today
If I had my druthers, I would never be the one who takes my kids to gan. I feel like it’s hard enough just getting out of bed when I am sooo tired. And I don’t just have to get out of bed, I have to find the other shoe, the clean kippah, the not-squished […]
Read MoreThe Lost $8000 Engagement Ring
Last Thursday, the $8000 engagement ring of a Jerusalem woman who will be getting married next month accidentally fell unnoticed into the trash. When the bride-to-be realized her mistake, the family ran in a panic to the trash dumpster, only to discover that the trash had already been taken away by a garbage truck. The […]
Read MoreThe Most Humiliating Moment of Stephen Gostkowski’s Life
When I married Josh 20 years ago next month (almost happy major anniversary!) I became a Patriots fan by marriage. But I’d never actually watched a football game until last night, when I went with Josh to watch the Broncos-Patriots AFC title game. The title game (as I now know) is the final game of […]
Read More2 Articles that Picked Me Up One Tough Morning (11-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Binah articles by Sara Debbie Gutfreund and Mindy Blumenfeld which really helped me get out of a grouchy state this past Shabbat morning. https://vimeo.com/152870324
Read MoreThe Controversial Fridge Magnet
“Yuck! Eema, what IS THAT?” Earlier this week, my teenage daughter noticed the 5-shekel magnet I bought at the corner store. It made me smile. And I thought I could write something about it for JewishMOM.com, so I brought it home and put it smack-dab in the middle of our fridge among Tsoofy’s masterpieces and […]
Read MoreMy Neighbor Died Last Week
Last week, the elderly woman who lived on the other side of this wall for 25 years, passed away. She had been ill for two years, and seriously ill for several months. In fact, I never even met her until the day she died, when her husband asked for my help picking her up from […]
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