The Fat Daughter’s Diet
Many of you probably heard about the controversial Vogue article by Dara-Lynn Weiss about how she forced her 7-year-old daughter, Bea, to go on a diet after her pediatrician said Bea was 17 pounds overweight and therefore technically “obese.” Weiss attracted a ton of enraged comments from readers who felt that her strict enforcement of […]
Read MoreI Asked for Strength by Anonymous
This poem has been the story of my year…Beautiful and so true. I asked for strength and God gave me difficulties to make me strong. I asked for wisdom and God gave me problems to solve. I asked for prosperity and God gave me brawn and brains to work. I asked for courage and God […]
Read MorePesach, Mea-Shearim Style (5 Awesome Photos)
These photos appear in the book Hassidic Courts by Gil Cohen Magen, a secular Haaretz photographer who has spent a decade photographing the Charedi world. In the captions, I write my thoughts on the photos… Chag Kasher v’Sameach, JewishMOMs!
Read MoreHow You Can Love Erev Pesach
If you are like me, you are going to be spending a large chunk of this week cleaning/organizing/shopping/cooking in order to prepare for The Big Event this coming Friday night. These kind of activities don’t come so naturally to me since I’m more of a reading/writing/daydreaming/doing-my-best-to-ignore-the-mess type of gal. But I really adored this suggestion […]
Read More3 Blocks in Half an Hour
It can take me half an hour to walk three blocks. And that, I think, is what I love the very most about living in Nachlaot. My home for 16 years. My neighborhood since my wedding night. The place where all of my children have been born and raised. I love that I walk out […]
Read MoreEva Sandler visits Shiva of Fellow Widow, Avivit She’ar
A week to the day after Eva Sandler lost her husband and two sons in the terror attack in Toulouse, this past Monday Rechovot high school teacher Avivit She’ar lost her five young children and husband in an electrical fire. Before she returned to France, Eva Sandler paid a shiva call to fellow widow and […]
Read MoreAn Open Letter to Eva Sandler: One Day You Will Celebrate Life by Sherri Mandel
In 2001, when my son Koby was 13 years old, Palestinian terrorists murdered him with his friend, Yosef Ish Ran, here in Israel. Unfortunately, the horror of that act made me and my family part of Jewish history. Now you and your family are part of history too. Eva, you are obviously a remarkable Jewish […]
Read MoreThe Seder: What Takes So Long? by Charlie Harary (6-Minute Inspirational Video)
Yes, I’ve also asked myself this question. Who hasn’t, actually? And I thought this answer was very powerful.
Read MoreEva Sandler Shares Regrets in 1st TV Interview (6-Minute Inspirational Video)
Visit Jewish.TV for more Jewish videos. This is an edited translation of the Channel 2 News interview with Eva Sandler by Sivan Rahav Meir and Ofer Hadad Interviewer, Sivan Rahav Meir: Hello, Eva Sandler Eva Sandler: Hello Interviewer: Thank you for speaking with us. Instead of asking you questions, I’d rather ask you what you […]
Read MoreResearch Reveals: Women Enjoy Childcare More than Men
Pretty fascinating stuff. A new study reveals that mothers of babies enjoy caring for their children 10% more than their husbands… Here’s what the research on 181 couples discovered: “On 16 out of 25 child-care tasks — like changing diapers, taking a child to the doctor or getting up in the middle of a night […]
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