Through the Eyes of a Pedophile
New York’s elite Horace Mann Prep School has recently been thrust into the international spotlight as it reels from accusations regarding a long and hidden history of sexual relationships between teachers and students. All of the teachers accused so far of child molestation are already dead, except for one exception: Tek Young Lin, an 88-year-old […]
Read MoreEva Sandler, 3 Months Later
Last week, 3 months after the horrific murder of her husband and two sons in Toulouse, widow Eva Sandler addressed a crowd of over 3000 Jews at South Africa’s annual Sinai Indaba conference. The following is a short excerpt from the interview conducted with Eva before the conference that appears in this week’s issue of […]
Read MoreThe Frum Romeo and Juliet
I have changed identifying details, but otherwise this story is 100% true. Dalia and Shlomo started dating when they were both barely 16, and their parents were beyond hysterical. Shlomo, on the one hand, was the oldest child in a typical right-wing, Orthodox Israeli family. Dalia’s parents, on the other hand, were anti-religious Holocaust survivors […]
Read MoreKids of Courage (4-Minute New York Boys Choir Music Video)
In this newly-released video, New York Boys Choir join forces with Kids of Courage, a volunteer organization that turns the dreams of children with serious medical conditions into reality by providing them with medically supervised trips, weekends and other events. I thought this was really sweet, to see these young boys so worked up and […]
Read MoreNo Arms, No Legs, No Worries (4-Minute Inspirational Video)
I’ve heard a lot about the importance of having gratitude and a positive outlook, but hearing these thoughts from Nick Vujicic, who was born without arms and legs, is so powerful. Enjoy! Thanks so much to Chevron JewishMOM Leah Simcha Hochbaum for sending this my way.
Read MoreSenior Government Official Quits Dream Job to be with Kids
Princeton Professor Anne Marie Slaughter had spent her entire adult life dreaming about this job… and now it was hers. She had been appointed 1st female Director of Policy Planning at the US State Department. The only problem was that while she was working night and day in Washington, her 14-year-old and 12-year-old sons whom […]
Read MoreRebbetzin Kanievsky Wins Battle vs. Angel of Death
When Batsheva Elyashiv was 8 years old, her maternal grandmother, Rebbetzin Tziporah Chana Levin, fell seriously ill…[Rebbetin Batsheva Kanievsky was the daughter of the great Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv and the granddaughter of Jerusalem tzaddik Rabbi Aryeh Levin] Little Batsheva was at her home on 10 Chanan Street in Meah Shearim reciting Psalms for her […]
Read MoreMy Home, My Life
Tsunamis, nuclear disasters, famines, earthquakes, genocidal civil wars. This morning I was reading about a man who spends his life traveling from disaster zone to disaster zone in order to help nations rebuild in the wake of massive catastrophes. The funny thing is, and this might be hard to believe, but I once thought that […]
Read MoreWhen a Micropreemie Grows Up
Micropreemies. As they grow up, extremely low-birth-weight infants have a much higher tendency to suffer from a multitude of health issues. Impaired vision, hearing, and speaking. Chronic pain. Difficulty walking. Severe limitations in cognition, sensation and self-care. But when McMaster University’s Dr. Saroj Saigal asked these former micropreemies (or, in cases of severe handicap, their […]
Read MoreDark and Light: A Love Story for Babies (4-Minute Moving Video)
In the video below, former journalist Shasta Kearns Moore reads her children’s story “Dark and Light,” a book she wrote in order to pay for medical treatment for her son with Cerebral Palsy. This moving book is about finding light in difficult situations (such as finding out that a child is special needs) and ultimately […]
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