I’m Learning to Fight Like Girl
I’ve been writing a lot over the past two years about protecting our children from sexual abuse. But it’s just as crucial that we women learn to protect ourselves. According to the New York Times, 1 in 5 American women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes, and far higher numbers suffer from other forms […]
Read MoreThe Wedding of the Year (4 Belzer Videos)
Last night, Josh and I (and about 25,000 others) attended the religious world’s wedding of the year…The marriage of the Belzer Rebbe’s oldest grandson, 18-year-old Shalom Rokach and his bride, 19-year-old Chana Batya Panet of Bnei Brak. Rabbi Aharon Vind explained to Ynet “This wedding is unique because no Belzer rebbe has celebrated a grandchild’s […]
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The Drug Smuggler’s Rebirth
Before he became a drug smuggler, Ronen had tried out a bunch of other pursuits. He spent a few months on a high as a wildly successful Indian-style party organizer. But after a while he felt like it was too much responsibility and too much stress, so he closed his business and ran away to […]
Read MoreHitting Yoel (7-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
What an angry lettuce seller on Sunday taught me about hitting my son on Friday.
Read MoreChassid Gives Shidduch Advice on Ellen Show (3-Minute Funny Video)
Two unsuspecting Chassidim were caught on video giving sensitive dating advice to one of Ellen Degeneres’ writers…I thought this was really sweet!
Read More200-Pound Predator Terrified of 50-Pound Kid (4-Minute Important Video)
This month, a day-school teacher was arrested in Seattle for molesting 2 6-year-old girls. The girls came forward to complain that they had been touched inappropriately after reading the book Let’s Stay Safe! by Bracha Goetz (in conjunction with Rabbi Horowitz’s Project YES). Educated children are safer children! Watch below to make sure that a […]
Read MoreTerror Orphan Marries Step Brother
In 2002, Boaz Szabo’s wife and 3 children were murdered by an Arab terrorist. 5 years later Szabo remarried. And this week, his daughter, Aviya, married her step-brother, David. At their wedding, David told a reporter from Channel 2, “Suddenly, from this whole bad story at least one good thing has come about. And that’s […]
Read MoreNachlaot Pedophile, Binyamin Satz, Sentenced to 15 Years
B”H, at 1 PM today Nachlaot Pedophile Binyamin Satz was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual abuse of the neighborhood’s children (click here to learn more about the Nachlaot Pedophile Crisis). The parents of Nachlaot have been waiting over two years since Satz’s original arrest for this day. And I would like thank […]
Read MoreThe Psychologists are Wrong About My Son by Jessica Wolff
I am an intern in child clinical psychology and an oddity in my professional circles- a religious, female, Olah. Classical psychology teaches that children are, in their essence, bad. Deep down they are full of tendencies toward paranoia, psychosis, and aggression. Judging by my 3-year-old Yedidya’s behavior for a great deal of the day, I […]
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