Miracles and Unity in Ashdod (2 Quick Videos)

Posted by JewishMom on Nov 3, 2011 in Current Events, Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Israel | 0 comments

I love Ashdod. It’s such a friendly, down-to-earth, small-town-feel kind of city. So I smiled real big as I watched these 2 short videos about miracles that took place this past week in Ashdod, as more than 1 million Israeli citizens were sent into bomb shelters by missiles fired from Hamas-controlled Gaza. It’s amazing to […]

Transgender Boy Wants to be Girl Scout (5-Minute Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Nov 2, 2011 in Current Events | 14 comments

I watched this thoroughly bizarre news story and felt two totally conflicting feelings. 1. Oh my Gosh, America has gone TOTALLY INSANE! Israel can be a pretty crazy place to live, but not THIS crazy. Thank God I don’t live there anymore! vs. 2. Maybe this boy really is biologically sort of a girl because […]

Fantastic Promotional Video for Dina Friedman’s Parenting Course (5-minutes)

Posted by JewishMom on Nov 2, 2011 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Abuse in the Jewish Community: An Orthodox-Friendly Resource List

Posted by JewishMom on Nov 2, 2011 in Current Events, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 3 comments

Recently a famous rebbetzin was brought in to give us Nachlaot moms some chizuk in the aftermath of the pedophile crisis that you moms have been hearing about so much over recent months. Afterwards, I waited in the line to ask the rebbetzin a personal question. When my turn arrived I told her how much […]

And the Winner is…

Posted by JewishMom on Nov 1, 2011 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

Remember a few months back when I was persistently encouraging all of you JewishMOMs to sign up for my teacher, Rabbi Nivin’s amazing, life-altering Personal Development Chabura? Well, I was really thrilled yesterday to hear that 27 of you JewishMOMs ended up registering for the full 12-week course. And the winner of the raffle to […]

Bride Texting During Wedding (1-Minute Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Nov 1, 2011 in Current Events, Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 7 comments

This silly video was painful for me to watch. Because this stupid bride texting during her wedding is ME. This bride reminds me of all the times I too have chosen to answer the unceasing, urgent call of technology over the most important relationships in the my life. How many times have I interrupted a […]

Rachel Imenu Aiding Soldiers During the Gaza War (1-Minute Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Oct 31, 2011 in Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Israel | 1 comment

In honor of Rachel Imenu’s yahrzeit next week (the 11th of Cheshvan), I’m excited to share this video featuring the famous story about Rachel Imenu assisting Israeli soldiers during the Gaza War. I had heard this story many times, and always thought it sounded pretty fishy. An Israeli urban legend. But seeing the original interview […]

This Week’s Mommy Peptalk: 10 Reasons I’m Thanking Dina Friedman

Posted by JewishMom on Oct 30, 2011 in Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 0 comments

The top 10 things I learned from parenting teacher Dina Friedman of Chanoch Lnaar. New course starting November 27! If you cannot watch YouTube videos, please click here.

My Son, the Tasmanian Devil

Posted by JewishMom on Oct 27, 2011 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life, Uncategorized | 7 comments

“Most parents with a child like Yoel would give him ritalin,” my doctor mentioned matter-of-factly, as though she was saying something obvious like “Carrots contain lots of vitamin A” and “Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.” But what she was saying was far from obvious to me. Up until several months before […]

Netivot Shalom on the Pedophile Crisis

Posted by JewishMom on Oct 27, 2011 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 1 comment

Over the past few weeks, I have been feeling like Hashem has been guiding me through this whole pedophile crisis maze by sending me to exactly the books and classes and people to tell me the things I need to hear right now… And then this morning my dear chavruta Efrat and I cracked open […]