Rainbow in the Night (5-Minute Official Music Video)
What a powerful and haunting song about one family’s survival of the Shoah…And the video’s end is such an important reminder: the Jewish people’s greatest victory over Hitler is our own smiling, proud, Jewish children. Stunning cinematography as well, more like a major motion picture than a YouTube video. A huge yasher koach to the […]
Read MoreRebbe’s Handshake Revives Lifeless Patient
A few days before Chanukah 17-year-old Satmar Chassid Yanky Stein was nearly killed in a freak accident in Brooklyn. For the first 24 hours following the accident, Yanky lay lifeless, and twice he nearly died. But everything turned around when Yanky received a visit from his Rebbe. Here is how Mishpacha Magazine‘s Eytan Kobre described […]
Read MoreThis Week’s Mommy Peptalk: Choosing Happiness Today (7-Minute Inspirational Video)
Women are always waiting for something, certain that when they receive that “something” they are waiting for, they will finally be happy. But the truth is that when our happiness is conditional on “something,” it usually doesn’t arrive. How to find happiness while waiting for what you’re waiting for…
Read MoreBrothers’ Heartbreaking Tribute to their Mom (4-Minute Video)
Nicole Miller, a 34-year-old mother of 2, was tragically killed in a car accident 8 years ago. This video below features the incredibly moving song these boys wrote as a tribute for their mom. Of course, I cried throughout this video (definite red alert tissue warning for this song). Especially because it got me thinking […]
Read More48 Families on the Chopping Block: One JewishMOM’s View from Migron
Migron, a yishuv of 48 families located 12 minutes north of Jerusalem, is scheduled for destruction by the Israeli government this coming March…Read Migron mother Aviela Deitch’s thoughts on her life in this special place: I picked up about twenty years ago and made aliyah from Milwaukee. Fast forward to August 29 of this year, […]
Read More80% of Jewish Israelis Believe in God (and Other Amazing Stats from Newly-Released Survey)
YNet just published some truly surprising and encouraging results to a survey on religion conducted by the Avi Chai Foundation on 2803 Jewish Israeli respondents . First of all, here’s how Israelis define themselves religiously (in comparison with the previous survey conducted in 1999) 3% “Anti-Religious Secular” (down from 6%) 43% Secular (down from 46%) […]
Read MoreSuper-Eema
This song by Ehud Manor got me all teary. It reminded me how I tend to think that I’m really not such an impressive Eema… Not like the Super-Eema I know who made her daughter a fondant bunny birthday cake last month, or that Super-Eema at our daughters’ school who works as a volunteer English […]
Read MoreOne JewishMOM’s Testimonial: Rabbi Nivin’s Personal Development Chabura Made My Dream Come True
In 10 days, 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 […]
Read MoreSneak Preview of Newly-Released CD “Footsteps” by Shalvi
What a gorgeous CD I just received from Jerusalem JewishMOM Shalvi Weissman…I’ve posted my three favorite songs (I especially loved this first song, pay special attention to the amazing and so true words). To order the disk you can contact Shalvi at shalvila@gmail or call her at 0527136018. She’s also available for concerts around the […]
Read MoreMy Book Expecting Miracles is Back!
Over the past 11 years since I wrote my 1st book Expecting Miracles: Finding Meaning and Spirituality in Pregnancy through Judaism, I have worked on many, many projects. I’ve written zillions of articles and made zillions of videos. But, between us, Expecting Miracles, a collection of interviews with frum mothers talking about pregnancy, is the […]
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