Meeting the Daughter I Gave Up for Adoption 44 Years Ago as told to Shiffy Friedman
This past spring I made a mommy peptalk about my friend who had finally tracked down the baby she had reluctantly given up for adoption 44 years before. In the end, somebody from Ami Magazine saw that peptalk, and decided to feature the following article about my friend and her emotional meeting this past spring […]
Read MoreThis Week’s Best Videos, Links, and Photos
How Rebbetzin Heller Changed My Life: In Memory of Rabbi Dovid Heller OBM by Sara Debbie Gutfreund How the Maccabeats Helped Me Breastfeed by Sara Chen Amy Webb: How I hacked online Jewish dating (17-Minute Entertaining JewishMOM TED Talk) Amy Webb was having no luck with online dating. The dates she liked didn’t write her […]
Read MoreForgiving HaRav Ovadia
Harav Ovadia Yosef passed away yesterday….and this morning’s headlines are full of “The Largest Funeral Israel has Ever Seen” and “We are Orphans who have lost their Father” and “We loved him, but not as much as he loved us and every Jew!” But to tell you the truth, over the past few months I […]
Read MoreRabbanit Kanyevsky’s Daughter Continues in Her Footsteps
I was surprised to read that HaRabbanit Leah Kolodetsky, the daughter of Harabbanit Kanyevsky zts”l, has inherited her revered mother’s role as a guiding spiritual light to the women of Am Yisrael. Like her mother, Rabbanit Kolodetsky receives women (and some men as well) thirsty for advice and encouragement and blessings. Sources close to the […]
Read MoreHow To Be a Happier Mother ( 9-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Do you feel bored and uninspired in your life as a mother? Some simple advice from the Amshinover Rebbe on feeling more joy in our lives. photo credit: eschipul via photopin cc
Read MoreShuli Golivinsky z”l, the Father who Loved Kah Echsof
One Thursday morning a few years ago I was listening to my favorite radio program, Radio Kol Chai’s Hitorerut morning show with Yedidya Meir, when Yedidya announced that it was 7:43 AM which meant, of course, that it was “Kah Echsof Time.” Over the years of listening to “Hitorerut” I’ve gotten the sense that Yedidya […]
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Matt Killingsworth: Want to Be Happier? Stay in the Moment (10-Minute Important TED Talk) This video explains why letting your mind wander is like putting your money into a slot machine that ALWAYS loses you money. No matter what you are doing: changing a diaper, twiddling your thumbs in stuck traffic, or making dinner– this […]
Read MoreIn Memory of Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller’s Husband: Rabbi Avrohom Dovid Heller z”l
Last night I heard the sad news…That our dear teacher Rebbetzin Heller suddenly became a widow yesterday after her husband died from a stroke. It brings tears to my eyes to think of Rebbetzin Heller without her beloved husband, Rabbi Avrohom Dovid Heller z”l. Rebbetzin Heller at Friday night dinner, without her husband. Rebbetzin Heller […]
Read MoreWhy I’m Not Going to the Barbeque, and You Can’t Make Me!
I just received an invitation to the Friends School Alumni Barbeque. But I’m definitely not going… It’s not that I don’t have a lot of warm feelings towards my alma mater and my old classmates. I do! And it’s not that I’m opposed to going to reunions. I’m not! I even find myself giggling from […]
Read MoreThe Happy 5th Marriage (11-Minute Mommy Peptalk Video)
My cleaning lady has finally found happiness in marriage– the FIFTH time around! Never give up hope, JewishMOM!
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