Gimme Candy, Candy, Candy by Chaya Cohen
I was trying to put my 4-year-old son Avi to sleep. And he was trying to jump around and do anything but sit with me on his bed. “Avi”, I ventured, “Come here so that I can give you a kiss. When I kiss you, can you tell that I love you?” “No!” He wasn’t […]
Read MoreTree of Life (4-Minute Tu B’Shvat Music Video)
A beautiful song just in time for Tu B’Shvat from my neighbor Anaelia ben David. Anaelia writes, composes, arranges and performs original texts and melodies, along with traditional songs in Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino. Click here to hear more songs by Anaelia Or visit her on facebook. Here’s another one I think you’ll love…
Read MoreThe JewishMOM.com Despair-Busting Challenge: Week 2
Until Purim, every week I will be featuring a new quotation from Rabbi Shalom Arush about overcoming despair and emotional distress through emuna. Enjoy! Things are crazy here in Nachlaot this week. Far too intense for me to write an update about what’s going on (and far more intense, even, than when I wrote the […]
Read MoreQueen Jane’s Failure
Jane Fonda. One of the most famous women alive. A recent biographical New Yorker article described her as “the actress, philanthropist, feminist, political activist, model…blogger, fitness advocate, licensing magnet and memoirist…” The paradigm of the successful modern woman. But what made the deepest impression on me in the New Yorker article was the tragic speech […]
Read MoreThe Big Surprise
I had forgotten about the big surprise… Hadas’ friends had called me a few days before to tell me that they would be coming over that afternoon to throw her a surprise 14th birthday party. But because I had forgotten about the surprise party until that minute (bad, disorganized eema!) Hadas had already gotten all […]
Read MoreSloth Miraculously Crosses Street (1-Minute Video)
Wow. For years wise people have been telling me that, in overwhelmingly difficult situations, my only job is to focus on doing my hishtadlut, my small reasonable effort, and then to have emuna that Hashem can solve my problem. In other words, I just need to take that first step, give that $18 to charity […]
Read MoreWe’ve Gotta Live Together (New 2-Minute Aish Video)
This new Aish.com video is great, a perfect inspirational response to the Beit Shemesh crisis…So I would post it anyway, but I am posting it with extra enthusiasm because it features one of my favorite human beings: my neighbor Sharon Saunders (in the red hat…) But Sharon’s not only my friend and my neighbor, Sharon’s […]
Read MoreAliya, My Impossible Dream come True: A Testimonial for Rabbi Nivin’s Personal Development Chabura
This Monday, my teacher, life coach Rabbi Aryeh Nivin will be starting a new Personal Development Chabura. I highly recommend this life-altering Chabura to every JewishMOM reading this. For me, the Chabura has improved my life DRAMATICALLY in so many ways. The first 3 classes will be a no-obligation free trial, and every JewishMOM.com reader […]
Read MoreThe JewishMOM.com Despair-Busting Challenge: Week One
Things continue getting crazier and crazier over here in Nachlaot. In fact, things are feeling too intense at the moment to write an update about what exactly is happening in the neighborhood and in my life. But I will tell you what I’ve been starving hungry for over the past few weeks… You know on […]
Read MorePreventing Sexual Abuse: Free DVD and Educational Brochures from Ohel
Sign up at the link below to receive free essential tools from Ohel regarding the most important conversation you might ever have with your child… Click to order free brochures and educational DVD for you to watch with your children on preventing sexual abuse. Image courtesy of Flickr.com user Sharon Pruitt
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