The Nasty Neighbor (12-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
My nasty neighbor was driving me so crazy until I learned why she was driving me so crazy. How to cope with a challenging experience that re-triggers a childhood trauma.
Read MoreIsrael’s Best Election Speech
I found this speech about Jewish unity and pride by Naftali Bennett, the new leader of the Bayit Hayehudi party, to be extremely moving and powerful. And I guess with 70,000 views so far,a lot of people out there have been feeling the same way. Only 10 days to go until the elections…Translation below. (Speech […]
Read MoreJerusalem’s Biggest Blizzard in 2 Decades
This morning I opened my eyes and lay in bed watching Israel’s biggest blizzard since 1992. With the silent snow falling in the white glowing light, It felt sort of like being in Heaven. Israel is positively giddy with the snow. During a walk around I saw a group of 50 highly animated yeshiva students […]
Read More5 Women say “Thank You, Rabbi Nivin!” (4-Minute Inspiring Video)
Why are so many women (including me) so incredibly enthusiastic about Rabbi Nivin’s Personal Development Chabura? Watch this video to hear 5 women (again, including me) talking about the huge contribution the chabura has made to our lives. Next week, a new Personal Development Chabura will be starting up. And great news, JewishMOMs…the 1st three […]
Read MoreWhat’s a Jewish Home? (1-Minute Sweet Election Video)
A film crew went around asking average Israelis “What is the Jewish Home for you?” for a Bayit Hayehudi election commercial (elections are coming up on January 22nd). I loved seeing the warm feelings that Jews across the spectrum of Israeli society have for the Jewish home and Israel. (Translation below) What is the […]
Read MoreThe Birth Certificate Mystery
I tore open the envelope from the Interior Ministry, and pulled out Yaakov’s birth certificate. But when I stuck my finger back inside the envelope to make sure I hadn’t missed anything, I was surprised to discover yet another birth certificate for 6-week old “Neta Aleshkovsky.”* I read over the birth certificate, and learned a […]
Read MoreThe Ultimate Revenge: Photographs of Holocaust Survivors with their Grandchildren
The Nazi genocide was underway, and young Canadian Nosson Meir Wachtfogel was instructed to flee Kelm where he had been a yeshiva student. While he was running for his life back to his family in Montreal, he had a prophetic dream. His daughter recalls, “In his dream, he saw the city of Kelm being destroyed […]
Read MoreThe Crazy Chassid (9-Minute Mommy Peptalk Video)
What a crazy Chassid taught me about fixing this broken world.
Read MoreAviva’s Story: Rabbi Nivin Enabled Me to Love my Life
Over the past three years, Rabbi Aryeh Nivin’s Personal Development Program has helped me IMMENSELY to become a more happy, calm, fulfilled and inspired human being and JewishMOM. In two weeks, a new Personal Development Chabura will be starting up. And great news, JewishMOMs…the 1st three sessions are a no-commitment free trial! And on top […]
Read MoreWhy IDF Commander Aaron Karov Lost 66 Pounds
Remember Aaron Karov? The IDF commander who was almost killed after he led his troops into Gaza a few hours after his chuppah? Well, I just read a surprising article about him in Olam Katan Magazine which explained that as a teenager Aaron Karov was very overweight. And when he was 17, he decided to […]
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