This Week’s Mommy Peptalk: Being There for Our Children
No matter how much we would like to, we cannot solve all of our children’s problems. But through empathy we can still assist them through life’s inevitable challenges.
Read MoreHow Many Children Should I Have?
A young mother of two children requested that I post this personal question. She writes: Dear JewishMOMs, I’ve been spending a lot of time recently contemplating the decision of how many children to have. While on one hand I love the concept of just letting Hashem decide for me, I, Baruch Hashem, had my first […]
Read MoreAish’s New Chanukah Video: Jewish Rock of Ages
I loved this new Aish.com video, but after I initially posted it I realized that it is causing a lot of controversy among people who think it’s inappropriate. What do YOU think of this video, JewishMOM?
Read MoreHalf-Naked at my Alma Mater
In this video, students from my high school, the Friends School of Baltimore, explain why they think it’s so important for girls and boys to be attending school together. I am posting this video so that you can see these Friends School girls. These girls are clearly intelligent, thoughtful, sensitive human beings. And they are […]
Read MoreThe BT
“I’m a baalat teshuva…” I plonked that piece of information down in the middle of an innocuous conversation with Tsofia’s Ganenet Rivki, and I was genuinely surprised to witness Rivki’s genuine surprise. “Really?” she questioned, “I had heard that there are people like that and had read some articles about them, but until now I […]
Read MoreWatch 10 Years in 1 Minute
My days as a mom are soooo long. But the years are flying by soooo fast. Today, my dear firstborn daughter, 13-year-old Hadas, is taller than me. She wears shoes two sizes bigger than me. She is starting high school next year, IY”H. She is well on her way to becoming a young woman… And […]
Read MoreMinistry of Absorption Controversy: What Do YOU Think?
A few weeks ago a ton of controversy erupted surrounding a video campaign by Israel’s Ministry of Absorption promoting aliya among Israeli expatriots (AKA Yordim). Many infuriated American Jews claimed that these videos are a “demonstration of Israeli contempt for American Jews”* and the Ministry of Absorption abruptly canceled the campaign. I personally thought these […]
Read MoreThe Widow’s Dream by Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi
From this week’s class of Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi: This is the time of year to remember the Maccabees of our generation, except that they weren’t Makabim (Maccabees), they were Mechabeem (fire fighters). I am talking about the Karmel fire victims, who went up in flames last Chanukah like 44 candles. I met 36 of their […]
Read MoreThis Week’s Mommy Peptalk: Solitude and Spirituality
Being a mom can be lonely. Inspirational thoughts from Natan Sharansky and Rav Pinkus on finding Hashem through solitude.
Read MorePedophiles and Chanukah
Week after week, pedophiles are continuing to sexually assault Nachlaot children. But while the situation here remains tense and scary, over recent weeks it has given me a new burst of hope to see local rabbis, community leaders, and residents gathering forces to use every legal means at their disposal to fight the pedophiles and […]
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