Hagit bat Leah’s 1st Yahrzeit: The Lost Footage
I cannot believe it’s been a year since the passing of my dear friend Hagit bat Leah Luzon on the 4th of Adar….We miss you so much Hagit. Such a great light has been extinguished from our neighborhood and the world. You can get a taste of the light that’s been lost in this recently […]
Read MoreI Surrender
The mentally-ill man walked into the psychiatric ward with his hands held high up in the air as though he was holding a large, heavy object. The nurse on duty suggested he put his hands down…and so did the resident on duty. But the mentally-ill man simply responded, “I can’t let it drop…” Then the […]
Read MoreSacrificing my Sight for my Son by Shiffy Friedman
Reprinted from Ami Living Magazine A few weeks back JewishMOM journalist Shiffy Friedman stopped by in order to interview me for Ami Living Magazine…I liked Shiffy right away. She’s a lively, curious, and thoroughly charming person. And I also was impressed to see how devoted Shiffy was to and how clearly head over heels in […]
Read MoreCrowning Glory: An Appreciation of Chana Twersky Feuerman A”H by Ruchama Feuerman
Reprinted from Mishpacha Magazine After I got married, I didn’t fall in love with my mother-in-law — at least not at first. I was suspicious of her sweetness, of the presents she gave for every occasion, and … just because. When she came to visit — after calling days beforehand to make sure it was […]
Read MoreThe Top 10 JewishMOM.com Posts of All Time!
Exactly a year ago this week I launched the new JewishMOM.com… And what an exciting year of dramatic growth it’s been for the site… Monthly visits to the site have DOUBLED since a year ago, to over 50,000 monthly views… The weekly newsletter mailing list has also DOUBLED to almost 2000 JewishMOM recipients… 100 JewishMOMs […]
Read MoreThe JewishMOM.com Despair-Busting Challenge: Week 4
Instead of our regular Rav Arush reading for the week, I couldn’t resist featuring this fantastic emuna-building video by Charlie Harrary of Aish.com. Enjoy! Image courtesy of Flickr.com user Alan Cleaver
Read MoreRomantically Immature
GIGGLE GIGGLE GIGGLE My 14 and 11-year-old daughters, Hadas and Hallel, were discussing the hot topic of the year: high school acceptances for Hadas. And they were putting themselves into hysterics envisioning the worst possible thing that Hadas could possibly say while being interviewed by the principal of her dream high school. Hallel, our resident […]
Read MoreThe Messy Mom
“But the Weisberg’s house is SO messy, Eema, we’ll never find it!” This was the despairing plea of our 6-year-old guest who lost a bracelet while playing at our house one afternoon about 5 years ago. And our young guest was right. 5 Pesachs have come and gone, but we Weisbergs have still never managed […]
Read MoreHomeopathy for Children by Vera Resnick
This is a brief introduction about how homeopathy can help your family break out of the cycle of sickness written by my homeopath, Vera Resnick. Enjoy! We’ve all been there – one child gets sick and we know they are all going to catch it. And probably we’re going to catch it as well. We […]
Read MoreMatisyahu’s Moving Duet with Young Cancer Patient (6-Minute Video)
Last week singer Matisyahu performed a duet with a very special onstage guest– young Camp Simcha cancer patient Luke Weber. It appears that Chai Lifeline organized this dream-come-true for young Luke. Luke’s mother, Eliza Weber, recently expressed her gratitude to the Chai Lifeline volunteers for the huge difference they have made in her son’s life, […]
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