This Week’s Mommy Peptalk: The Gift of Mommy
One of the most precious gifts you can give your children is also the one that only you can give them… If you cannot view YouTube videos, please click here
Read MorePlease Pray for Victims of Israel’s Recent Terror Attacks
I just got back to Israel after two weeks in America. I had followed the news there every day, but when I received this list of names upon my return yesterday I realized how terribly out of touch I had been with recent events in Israel. I am going to print up these names to […]
Read MoreDo You Judge Other Moms?
If you had asked me an hour ago whether I judge other moms, I would have shaken my head with a lot of fervor and made some pithy declaration about each mother being the best mother for her child…But looking over these stats based on a TodayMoms’ survey of 26,000 mothers, I realize how much I DO judge other moms […]
Read MoreCommunity Board Issues?
Shalom all! A few moms have told me that they are having difficulty reaching the community bulletin board. Could you please try clicking on the COMMUNITY tab above, then clicking on the bulletin board link, and tell me if you are able to reach the bulletin board or not? If you can’t reach the bulletin […]
Read MoreThe Sore Thumb
Imagine that they you are sitting in shul, minding your own business, when a kilt-wearing, bagpipe-bearing Scot enters the women’s section, and places himself and his bagpipes down in the seat right next to you. OK. Now imagine something else. Imagine you are a member of Baltimore’s Mt. Washington Swim Club. You are sunning yourself […]
Read MoreMeet This Week’s JewishMOM: Ariel’s Yael Maizels
Where did you grow up? Buffalo, NY Where do you live? Ariel, Shomron, Israel How old are you? 30 How old are your kids? 5,3,1 < If you are a WM, what do you do? I am a doctoral candidate in developmental and cancer biology at Hebrew University. I’ve always been fascinated by how the […]
Read MoreLeading Rabbi Thanks Rabbi Nivin: The Change in my Wife has been “Stupendous”
No class or course I have ever taken has improved my life as dramatically as Rabbi Aryeh Nivin’s Personal Development chabura, and I HIGHLY recommend it from the bottom of my heart to every Jewish mom reading this. A new chabura will be starting on August 30th, and Rabbi Nivin is making a special introductory […]
Read MoreCNN: Senator Joe Lieberman Loves Shabbos (3-Minute Video)
I thought this CNN report was so sweet, and a huge kiddush Hashem too….
Read MoreThis Week’s Mommy Peptalk: Becoming the Ultimate You
One of my first peptalks from three years ago, about how the challenges of motherhood transform us into spiritual champions.
Read MoreAn Off-the-Derech Chassid Responds to JewishMOM.com
I just received the following response from Luzer Twersky, the former Chassid I wrote about in the post “What an Off-the-Derech Chassid Misses Most.” He writes: I appreciate the lack of negativity in this article, I’m used to seeing trash-talking and name calling by frum bloggers, but you’re quite neutral and honest, and I appreciate […]
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