The Facebook Churban: My Response
This week, the JewishMOM Blogosphere is talking about the dangers of Internet use. My dear buddy Margalit Hoffman started off this whole conversation with a very thought-provoking Maven Mall article this week entitled “The Facebook Churban.” In this article, Margalit explains her recent decision to ban internet from her home (and that is quite a […]
Read MoreHating the Mikvah Update: Chana bat Leah’s Sad News
My friend Chana bat Leah (whom you read about in Hating the Mikvah: An Infertile Woman’s Spiritual Journey) shared some very sad news with me last week. After 6 years of waiting, Chana was beside herself with joy to find out 6 weeks ago that she was pregnant again for the 1st time since the […]
Read MoreSticking it to Hitler
This is a guest post from Rafi of Life in Israel Yesterday, I heard the story of a survivor who stuck it to Hitler, in his own way. Holocaust survivor Binyomin Wertzberger told his story on Kol B’Rama radio. Wertzberger was a young boy, assigned to a work detail shlepping heavy rail ties with his […]
Read MoreThe Best Advice I Ever Got
A year ago and a half ago, two moms who read this blog told me that I absolutely had to try out the Personal Development Chabura of Rabbi Aryeh Nivin. Looking back, I understand that that was quite possibly the best advice I have ever received. No class or course I have ever taken has […]
Read MoreMust see! Project Inspire’s Tisha b’Av Video: The Road Home (50 minutes)
I’m thirsty (do your eyes also sting?). And I’m tired. And an hour ago I was heading for bed when I checked my email one last time, and saw that I had received this year’s Project Inspire Tisha b’Av video. I thought I would just watch a minute or two, but the moment I started […]
Read MoreTisha b’Av: The Incredible BBC Movie (1 hour)
I wasn’t able to go out to hear Aicha since my baby’s sleeping (and even if she wasn’t sleeping, she’s very noisy!) so I watched this amazing BBC movie instead (thanks to Rafi of Life in Israel for posting this). Made in consultation with an Oxford historian, this movie tells the story of the events […]
Read MoreThe Secret Power of Middle Children
We tend to think that: Oldest children become leaders. Youngest children remain treasured babies. And what about the middle child? That unfortunate child, the Middle Child Myth prophesizes, will grow up resentful, neglected, nothing special. But as a middle child myself, as well as the mother of four middle children, I was happy to read […]
Read Morewow, this raising kids thing is taking forever by Teresa Strasser
This made me smile…Thanks to Ayala who sent this to me in response to last week’s “I’m Going CRAAAAAAAZY!” post: Older parents all say the same thing when they see a couple with an infant. It goes by so fast. Just cherish every moment. In the blink of an eye, he’ll be in college. You […]
Read MoreOne Jewish Mother’s Abortion
Yes, frum women do have abortions. Especially in this high-tech era of prenatal testing and ultrasounds, more and more Orthodox women are being told by their rabbis that it’s not God’s will for an extremely sick fetus or a fetus that endangers their lives to be born. I have a friend, a mother of 9 […]
Read More3 Cheers for Intermarriage! (1-Minute Video)
A gung-ho video from the Columbia School of Journalism about the confused children raised by intermarried couples. Just in time for Tisha B’Av… Interfaith – Watch more Videos at Vodpod.
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