New Gross Baby Named Yehonatan Eliezer in Honor of Sisters A”H
This past Shabbat, on the 1st yahrzeit of their two daughters, Michal and Shimon Gross made a bris for their newborn son, Yehonatan Eliezer. Proud father Shimon explained at the bris that they chose the name Yehonatan because it means “Hashem gave” and Eliezer because it means “G-d, my father, helps me,” and also in […]
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Hello, Baby! (9-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Good news! As of today, JewishMOM.com is back from maternity leave:) Here’s my first peptalk since before the birth…Reflections on Yonatan Tzur’s arrival into the world a month ago.
Read MoreA Girl’s 1st New Years Kiss
My 9th grader Hallel and some of her friends heard somewhere that across the world men and women and boys and girls have a tradition of kissing at midnight on New Years Eve. So these girls, classmates at the same religious high school, decided last night to stay up until midnight… And as midnight drew […]
Read MoreOur Baby’s Name: Yonatan Tsur Weisberg
B”H, the baby and I have been doing well…Thanks so much for all the mazal tovs you sent me! Here’s some thoughts about why we chose the name we chose: Yonatan was one of the Maccabees. He was a great hero in the years following the Chanukah story, eventually recapturing Jerusalem from the Greeks. He […]
Read MoreMazal tov! It’s a Boy!
B”H, I gave birth to a healthy baby boy last Wednesday morning! That means JewishMOM.com will be on maternity leave for the next few weeks, until January 11th… Happy Chanukah, JewishMOMs! May we always share good news:)
Read More“We Chose to Continue Living”: Year after Son Killed, 46-Year-Old Mother Gives Birth
by Eitan Glickman (Yediot) A year and a half ago, Michal Tsuk experienced a horrific tragedy: her 11-year-old son Ido was killed while riding his bike to a tennis lesson. Two days ago, at the age of 46, she and her husband Arnon had a baby girl. “She won’t replace Ido,” Michal said through tears, […]
Read MorePreemie Born 1.1 Pounds–Joins IDF
18 years ago, Elon Cohen of Ashdod was born at 24 weeks and weighed only 1.1 pounds (500 grams). Last week, on the day before his enlistment in the IDF, Elon paid a visit to Professor Leah Sirota of Schneider Children’s Hospital where he spent the first three months of his life in an incubator […]
Read MoreAvner Netanyahu Joins IDF as Combat Soldier
Proud father Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu blessed his second son, Avner: “Watch over the country, and watch out for yourself” as he and his wife, Sara, bid him farewell yesterday as he began his military service as a combat soldier. The most religious member of his immediate family, Avner won 3rd place in the International […]
Read MoreFrom Sderot to Har Nof
Last week, my 9-year-old Moriah came home with a special note on her weekly review sheet from school. After the regular run down of what the girls had learned that week in math and science and Torah classes, the teacher added an additional note about how the school was helping the girls process and cope […]
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