JewishMOM Wendy Runge Released from Iowa Prison
JewishMOM of four, Wendy Runge of Minnesota, was released this past Friday from an Iowa prison after serving only about half a year of her 10-year prison sentence. Wendy was sentenced in May 2011 of allegedly stealing tax incentives offered to filmmakers in Iowa. Wendy insists that every step she took was made with the […]
Read MoreThis Week’s Best Videos, Photos, and Links
I just started Chaya Hinda Allen’s life-altering Positive Thinking workshop. I’ve only heard one class so far, but already I feel like it’s enabling me to replace negative thoughts with positive and hopeful ones, which makes me feel less worried and more happy. Highly recommended! Here’s an intro of the course (this year it is […]
Read MoreWhy’s Yoel’s Principal Smiling like That?
The first day of first grade for my boy. When Yoel and I walked up to his new school hand in hand at 8 AM this morning, the principal was standing by the entrance with a big bag of toffees and a big smile on his face. Not a pasted on smile. Not an I-have-to-smile-for-the-first-day-of-school […]
Read MorePrince William’s Top Priorities: Wife, Baby, and… Dog?
I am as gushing and glowing as the next mom over the birth of His Royal Highness, Prince George of Cambridge. And I am a big fan of the Royal Mensch Prince William. So I am sorry that the JewishMOM.com response to his first official interview is going to be a gripe about something the […]
Read MoreIs He a Wife Beater or Tsaddik?
I see the wife beater once every few weeks. He wears lawyerly pinstriped shirts and has pudgy baby cheeks and everywhere he goes he reads from a book of Tehillim as he walks. Every time I see him I wonder if he ever trips. People who don’t know him must think he’s a hidden tsaddik, […]
Read MoreFeeling Joy at Tough Times (8-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Inspirational thoughts from Jerusalem’s Mayor, Sara Chana Radcliffe, and my mentor, Rabbanit Tami Samet, on feeling joy even at motherhood’s most trying moments. photo credit: majamarko via photopin cc
Read MoreTamar Fogel Shares Memories of Eema and Abba
The following article by Tamar Fogel appears in today’s issue of Yediot Achronot. Five members of the Fogel family: the parents Ehud and Rut and their children Yoav (11), Elad (4), and baby Hadas (4-months) were murdered on Friday night, March 11, 2011, by terrorists who entered their home in Itamar. The Fogels left behind […]
Read MoreThe Cowardly Baalas Teshuva by Yentl Eisenberg
We were invited to a celebration in honor of my niece’s high school graduation. Just a nice simple dinner at my brother’s vacation home down the shore. Only there were potential problems. There are always problems, but this time I really didn’t want to deal with any of it. We are frum and the rest […]
Read MoreIsrael as You’ve Never Seen it Before (4 Breathtaking Photos by Yaal Herman)
24 years ago, my husband was volunteering on the Shomer HaTsair Kibbutz HaZoreah the year before he started college. Every volunteer had a family that adopted them, and Josh became exceptionally close to his kibbutz family, and particularly to their 15-year-old son, Yaal. The years passed… Josh became religious. And then Yaal did too. Josh […]
Read MoreThis Week’s Best Videos, Photos, and Links
Over the course of the week, you JewishMOMs usually send me a bunch of great videos and links that I end up only posting on my facebook fanpage or not at all… So welcome to this new weekly feature of the site, a post where I will be featuring my favorite videos and links and […]
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