Incest: One Victim’s Story
30% of child sexual abuse cases involve abuse by siblings, fathers, or other relatives. I received the rude awakening that the Orthodox community is not free of this sickness earlier this year when an adolescent boy from a highly-esteemed American religious family was arrested for long-term molestation of his own sister. Most horrifyingly, despite the […]
Read MoreRefuah Shlema for JewishMOM Ayala Pamela bat Leah
A very holy Jerusalem JewishMOM with two teensy children was diagnosed this past week with cancer. I received an Email about this last week, and then found out this past Shabbat that we know Ayala Pamela’s husband. This morning I also noticed that she is a member of the JewishMOMs facebook page. This family’s financial […]
Read MoreMother and Daughter in the Delivery Room
Dr. Chana Katan, senior gynecologist, Rebbetzin, and mother to 13 children, has just published a true page-turner written with sensitivity and humor about her decades spent working with women at various stages of life, mixed with her own personal reflections about her experiences as a mother and grandmother of a large family called Woman’s Life: […]
Read MoreAn Incredibly Easy Way to Test for Food Allergies
I did something really wild this week at the Binyan Shalem conference. A woman specializing in Kinesiology (also known as “One Brain”) tested me for food allergies. I wasn’t so clear on what she was doing, but if I understood correctly she was lightly push down on one of my arms while brushing about 200 […]
Read MoreAbout the Conference I Attended this Week…
Every July I go away for 2 days to the Binyan Shalem Women’s Conference…Even though this conference takes place a 5 minute drive from my home, for the past few years I’ve stayed overnight at an inexpensive hotel in order to make attending the conference into a real vacation for myself. And it’s one of […]
Read MoreMy Quaker Past
I spent 9 years of my life attending a Quaker school, the Baltimore Friends School. And that surprises the majority of people, I guess because when most people hear the word “Quaker” they think of that jovial Amish-looking man on the Quaker Oats box. But the truth is that by the time I became a […]
Read MoreIsraeli Teens Rank #1 Worldwide for Internet Hours
Depressing news from Israel in this morning’s Yediot Achronot…28.5% of Israeli kids between the ages of 11 and 15 use internet for more than 4 hours day. That puts Israel in FIRST PLACE in this survey conducted by the World Health Association, followed by 2nd Place Romania (27.2%) and 3rd Place Macedonia (18.1%). The United […]
Read MoreWorld’s Strongest Girl is an Orthodox Jew
This past March, 10-year-old Naomi Kutin of Fairlawn, New Jersey broke a world powerlifting record for all age groups by lifting 215 pounds, meaning that she is almost certainly the world’s strongest girl. Seeing this video below about this sweet Orthodox girl, who refuses to compete on Shabbat, reminded me of the Orthodox girls who […]
Read MoreThe 2 Wheelchair Engagement (6-Minute Inspirational Video)
Since I posted the video “The 2 Wheelchair Wedding” two days ago, it’s been viewed over 4500 times! It makes me so happy to see that this special, determined young couple touched you JewishMOMs as deeply as they touched me. Here’s an earlier video about Shaul and Neta, made during their engagement, mostly about Shaul […]
Read MoreHey! Where’s My Orange Juice with Ice?
Last night I watched Lori Palatnik’s newest video “Everything Happens to Me!”, and I’ve been thinking about it and discussing it with my husband ever since. Lori tells a deeply troubling story, about a man who almost died from a heart attack on a flight she was on, and how the other passengers were, for […]
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