How Do I Find Time to Read with 7 Kids at Home (5-Minute Upside-Down Parenting Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Aug 5, 2015 in Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 4 comments

Here’s another awesome video from my neighbor and old friend Noga Hullman (she’s such an old friend that I knew her when she didn’t have any kids!) about how we can fit fun into our JewishMOM lives–and why we must!

How Terribly Hot Is it in Jerusalem Today?

Posted by JewishMom on Aug 5, 2015 in Israel | 0 comments

Sunday night in Israel was the hottest night in recorded history. And it’s still broiling here–night as well as day. How hot is it? Truth is, the most accurate way of measuring Jerusalem temperatures is not in celsius or fahrenheit… It’s in FOUNTAINheit… What? Fountainheit is the number of hot Jerusalem kids squeezing into the […]

101 Ways to Praise Your Child by Anonymous

Posted by JewishMom on Aug 4, 2015 in Inspiration | 2 comments

Your patience wearing thin with your kids this summer vacation? Join the club! A suggestion: let’s put up this list on our fridges and use it at least once a day until the end of vacation:)

Cute Jewish Child + Corn Chips = ?

Posted by JewishMom on Aug 3, 2015 in Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 0 comments

2 Ways to Enjoy Your Life More (15-Minute Mommy Peptalk)

Posted by JewishMom on Aug 2, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Using “paradising” and mindfulness to feel more joy in your life as it is right now.

The Sexist Photo of Israel’s New Minister of Justice

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 30, 2015 in Current Events, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, Uncategorized | 9 comments

As a general rule, I try not to post anything about politics. But today I’m making an exception since I feel like a JewishMOM has been put down, and that makes me angry. This week the newly-appointed Minister of Justice, Ayelet Shaked, proposed controversial legislation which was the subject of a huge headline on the […]

Small Gifts: A Once Secular Singer’s Tribute to Shabbat Kodesh (4-Minute Music Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 29, 2015 in Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Israel, Uncategorized | 4 comments

I first heard this song when my daughter chose it as her alarm-clock ring tone, and it would wake me up every morning 6:30 AM. What a wonderful song to wake up to–a reminder of the “small gift” Hashem sends us every Friday night…Since then, it seems like all of Israel is singing Rami Kleinshtein’s […]

At First I was Dying to Get Married by Anonymous

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 28, 2015 in Inspiration, Motherhood | 2 comments

At first I was dying to get married. Then I was dying to get pregnant. Then I was dying to give birth. Then I was dying for my children to grow up. Then I was dying to see them marry and have children. Then I was dying to retire. And now I’m dying, and suddenly […]

The Day I Received $100,000 by Mistake (10-Minute Mommy Peptalk)

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 27, 2015 in Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 2 comments

Reflections on overcoming life’s challenges and returning $100,000 which I received by mistake.

Straight from the ICU to his Grandson’s Bris

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 23, 2015 in Inspiration, Israel | 3 comments

Last month, 56-year-old Tsadok Sambal was critically injured in a traffic accident. While still in the ICU, the wife of Tsadok Sambal’s only son gave birth to Sambal’s first grandchild. The ICU staff at Haifa’s Carmel Hospital managed the near impossible– transporting the new grandfather attached to life-support equipment to attend the bris of his […]