What Your Mother-in-Law Wants Most
I once heard that children spell the word “LOVE” like this: “T-I-M-E.” It is the small interactions day after day after day that create strong relationships with our family members. I read this great article below by Miriam Aflalo in this week’s issue of Family First. It’s wise advice not only for healing relationships with […]
Read MoreA Special Kallah
I met Tziporah Shira when she made aliya last year and moved to Nachlaot. She is truly one of the most sweet and sincere human beings I’ve ever met. I was SO thrilled to hear that she is getting married soon…Read her amazing story below. (Please note: the woman in the photo is not Tziporah […]
Read MoreThe Google Maps Mom
Two mothers on a playground bench. One checks her watch every 5 minutes and snaps at her kids like an alligator if they dare come too close. The other one sits happily like a mom on a Hallmark “Congratulations on the Birth of Your New Baby” card. So what’s the difference between these two moms? […]
Read MoreAchieving the (Seemingly) Impossible by Sara Yocheved Rigler
Over the past two and a half 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. Next week, on August 20th, a new Personal Development Chabura will be starting up. And great news, JewishMOMs! The 1st three sessions are a […]
Read MoreYemenite Family of 10 Reunited in Israel
5 years ago, teacher and kosher slaughterer Moshe Yaish-Nahari HY”D was killed in his native Yemen by a Muslim extremist. Following their father’s murder, five of the Nahari children made aliyah to Israel, leaving behind their mother, Lousia, and four other children. Yesterday, with the assistance of the Jewish Agency, the family was reunited at […]
Read MoreDr. Chana Katan on Video: More Regrets of a Doctor and Mother of 13
After posting so many excerpts from Dr. Chana Katan’s new book, I wanted to give you JewishMOMs a real-life peek at Dr. Katan and her family in this new video from Orot TV. I think Dr. Katan is gorgeous and I love her shining smile. And, of course, I think her message of finding the […]
Read MoreWhy He Became an Israeli Soldier
I still remember Mendel in a baby carriage, and now he’s going to be an Israeli soldier. Last week, Mendel’s mother Rachel and I were hanging out at a neighborhood event, and I nearly fell over when she told me that Mendel would soon be joining the army, and that he was being recruited by […]
Read MoreFlower Girl Tires of Wedding Ceremony (30-Second Funny Video)
Little Claire Miller dozed off during a wedding in Lexington, Kentucky. So adorable, this really made me laugh.
Read MoreThe Mother of Nine’s Response
Thanks so much to Tzipora Klaver for sharing this inspirational story with me: Rabbi L., Director of Education for Israel’s Binyamin Region, was hosting a representative from the Ministry of Education as they toured through a school in the yishuv of Beit El. Rabbi L. was telling the representative about the shortage of classrooms in […]
Read MoreThe Test of Marriage (4-Minute Lori-Almost-Live Video)
Lori Palatnik of Aish.com explains in this important video that there are no neutral interactions in marriage– everything we say to our husbands is either bringing us closer to our husbands or dragging us further away. I’m sure I’ll be thinking a whole lot about this video and its simple but crucial message in the […]
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