How 1 Mother Cared for 20 Children and Herself as Well as told to C. Saphir

Posted by JewishMom on Dec 23, 2015 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 17 comments

C. Saphir’s weekly Mishpacha Magazine column “Lifelines” is the first thing I read every week when Mishpacha comes to my door, and the following article is so wonderful I have been waiting for my birthday (today!) to give it as a present to my dear JewishMOMs. What I love most about this mother’s story is […]

Only Read This If You Woke Up this Morning

Posted by JewishMom on Dec 22, 2015 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms | 1 comment

The Surprise at the Supermarket

Posted by JewishMom on Dec 21, 2015 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life, Uncategorized | 8 comments

Yesterday morning I saw something which made me smile and snap a photo by the entrance of the supermarket: hamantaschen. In a variety of flavors. On sale, even. Not only that…but when I got to the checkout line an older man in a leather jacket was actually buying a box. Purim is still 93 days […]

Where is My Spiritual Community? (9-Minute Mommy Peptalk)

Posted by JewishMom on Dec 20, 2015 in Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 10 comments

Your true community is probably not where you actually live.

The Woman of Valor from Raanana

Posted by JewishMom on Dec 20, 2015 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 0 comments

On Shabbat at 4 PM, Dikla Dvir was in her kitchen getting food ready for her family when an Arab terrorist came at her with a knife. This terrorist had already stabbed a couple who were at a playground with their baby and a woman by a synagogue. Dikla told Yediot Achronot, “The terrorist stabbed […]

Chanukah Guilt

Posted by JewishMom on Dec 17, 2015 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 14 comments

I had big mother-children-fun plans for Chanukah. The zoo. The Kotel. A Chanukah performance or two. But in the end, JewishMOMs plan, and G-d laughs. Turned out having 8 kids home for a week and putting dinner on the table every night and having enough me-time to stay sane was a full-time job. I literally […]

The Coolest Pillowcases I Ever Saw

Posted by JewishMom on Dec 16, 2015 in Uncategorized | 2 comments

A few weeks ago Josh and I were visiting Yaffo, and came across these very cool pillowcases! They feature quotes from the Creation of the world: “It was morning” “It was evening.”

The Terror Attack in My Backyard

Posted by JewishMom on Dec 16, 2015 in Current Events, Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 9 comments

On Monday afternoon, my daughter and her friend were on their way to see a performance at the Center 1 mall in honor of the end of Chanukah. As they were crossing over the String Bridge at the entrance to Jerusalem, they heard gunshots followed by sirens. The girls decided to run as quickly as […]

Things I Didn’t Think I Would See in this Lifetime

Posted by JewishMom on Dec 15, 2015 in Uncategorized | 4 comments

I didn’t think that in this lifetime I would merit to see… The fall of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union, baruch Hashem! The end of Saddam Hussein, Quadafi and Bin Ladin, yemach shmam. And then this morning I opened up the news and saw this enamored couple walking, at long last, freely, hand […]

Bye Bye Chanukah :(

Posted by JewishMom on Dec 14, 2015 in Uncategorized | 10 comments

Here’s a photo Josh took last night of our fully-lit chanukiah…Will be sorry to put it away until next year:(