What I’m REALLY Nervous About
The first thing I was nervous about was polio. Scientists discovered the polio virus swimming around in sewage in the South of Israel in May. And throughout August, polio dominated Israeli headlines as close to 200,000 Israeli children were vaccinated in an intense emergency campaign to prevent spread of the virus to humans. Things heated […]
Read MoreHow to be a Star this Rosh Hashana (9-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
What Hashem most wants this year from you and me.
Read MoreThe Self-Made Orphan
The man stood trial for the most horrific of crimes: the murder of his own father. He was brought before the judge, rivers of tears flowing down his cheeks: “Your honor, please have mercy upon me. I am an orphan!” “What are you talking about?” the judge rebuked him. “You are an orphan because you […]
Read MoreThis Week’s Best Videos, Photos, and Links
They showed this 2-minute Rosh Hashana video “The Chinese Bamboo” at the opening event for Yoel’s 1st grade. I LOVE THIS! I should watch this every single day, it reminds me that even though I’m making such slow progress in so many areas of life, that is still progress! And one day I’ll just pop […]
Read MoreRebbetzin Tzipora Heller vs. the Shawl Women
Last week, the words on Mishpacha Magazine’s cover were “Running for Cover: Draped in shapeless layers, a growing group of women claims to have found true modesty. Have they?” Journalist Rachel Ginsberg interviewed several of these cloak-wearing women, including Esther B. Here’s an excerpt from her interview: “Esther, a baalas teshuva with degrees from university […]
Read MoreWendy Runge’s Lowest Point in Prison
B”H, last week JewishMOM Wendy Runge was freed from an Iowa prison after serving only 6 months of her controversial 10-year sentence. When Rechy Frankfurter of Ami Magazine asked Wendy what her low point in prison had been, she replied, “I was at my lowest point emotionally about a month ago, before I…knew the hearing […]
Read MoreThe Years are Short (2-Minute Must-See Motherhood Video)
This morning I was walking my 3-year-old Tsofia for her third day of gan…I was eager to start enjoying some hard-earned hours of post-vacation vacation (or as Shoshana Friedman put it so eloquently, “Come September, mother needs some summer!”) But Tsofia had different plans. She wanted to sit on a patch of dirt and then […]
Read More3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed (5-Minute Must-See Video)
Before Ric Elias’ plane crashed into the Hudson river two years ago, his panicking mind was full of his “bucket list”– the list of things he wanted to accomplish before he kicked the bucket, and he had three realizations that would transform his post-crash life: 1. If something is important, don’t put it off. Do […]
Read MoreThe Key to a Happier Home (7-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
The secret to a happy home lies in the heart of every JewishMOM. photo credit: thatcanadiangirl via photopin cc
Read MoreThe 1st Day of 1st Grade: Through My Son’s Eyes
Seven years ago the doctor looked at the ultrasound screen and announced “It’s a boy!” and the first thought that entered my excited racing mind was “But where will I send a boy to school?” I was an expert on girls. I had four of them! I knew where to send them to nursery school, […]
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