15-Year Old Chassidic Boy Stars on Oprah (3-Minute Heartwarming Video)
Mendel Hurwitz of Budapest is a star on Oprah’s new show about world religions. He’s also a major sweety!
Read MoreHenny Machlis’ Daughters Remember their Remarkable Mother
On my way to the Machlis shiva this morning, I felt like I was on my way to the Old City but the Kotel was gone. Yep, Henny was that holy. Like the Kotel, in this world and otherworldly at the same time. Here are some stories Henny’s two oldest daughters shared with us about […]
Read MoreRabbanit Henkin: In This World, Hashem Gives Out Roles, Not Prizes
Rabbanit Henkin spoke to the staff and students of Nishmat last week, after getting up from shiva for her son, Rav Eitam Henkin, Hy”d. I heard about the talk from my husband, who teaches at Nishmat, and knew I had to share the Rabbanit’s powerful message. Translated by JewishMOM.com “The whole world is coming up […]
Read MoreThe Too-Long To-Do List (7-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Cope with an overwhelming to-do list by defining your priorities.
Read MoreThere is an Arab in my House Holding a Knife
At this moment, a few steps away from me, there is an Arab from East Jerusalem holding a knife. Don’t worry though, it’s just Achmed*, my contractor’s lovely electrician! I’ve gotten to know him a bit over the last half a year of renovations on our new home, and he’s a really nice guy who […]
Read MoreGroom Battles Terrorist on Way to Pick up Wedding Suit
This week’s wave of terror attacks has revealed some of the hidden heroes of Am Yisrael. Heroes like Matan Shukrun. Yesterday morning, a few hours before his Chinna engagement party, Matan Shukrun was in Jerusalem’s Geula neighorhood with his fiance to pick up his wedding suit. As he got out of his car, he saw […]
Read MoreI am Freaking Out, But…
Freaking out. Panicking. Locking me and my family inside this house and throwing away the key. That’s what I wanted to do after my husband called to tell me about this morning’s wave of terror attacks around Jerusalem and Israel. But then I looked at my 23-item long to-do list, and realized that I can’t […]
Read MoreHow to Overcome Post-Tishrei Overwhelm
We are almost a week post-Succot, and my “To-Be-Done-ASAP-After-the-Chagim” to-do list is still 23 items long (I keep it hidden away in a drawer, tell-tale heart style). My laundry piles–dirty as well as clean and waiting to be sorted and put away– are nearly above my head (elephant’s-eye-style). And I have this fear, based on […]
Read MoreFinding Hashem in the Terror Blitz (11-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Seeing Hashem’s kindnesses within the current string of terror attacks taking place in Israel.
Read MoreRabbanit Chana Henkin: “We Will Raise the Children as Eitam and Naama Would Have Wanted”
by Elisha ben Keemon—Ynet (translated from Hebrew by JewishMOM.com) Please note: I will be personally delivering your condolence notes (you can leave as comments below) to the Henkins. PLEASE REMEMBER TO WRITE WHERE YOU LIVE…. “Little Itamar will never remember how his parents rocked him back and forth when he cried, Neta will possibly remember […]
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