1, 2, 3 Magic!: A Simple Tool to Eliminate Misbehavior
I am now 29 weeks into the amazing, life-transforming Chanoch LNaar parenting course with Dina Friedman. And while I have learned many incredible tools in the course that have improved my mothering life as well as my children’s lives immensely, I have just learned a powerful little trick that has proven to be so incredible […]
Read MoreMeet this Week’s JewishMOM: London’s Vicki Belovski
Where did you grow up? I was born and grew up in North West London. Where do you live? Having lived in Gateshead in North East England while my husband was learning, and in North East London, where he had his first rabbinic positions, we have now returned to Golders Green, North West London. How […]
Read MoreThis Week’s Mommy Peptalk: Why Brises Make me Cry (9-Minute Video)
Personal reflections on a special simcha. If you cannot view YouTube videos, please click here
Read MoreImportant Statement by Leiby z”l’s Parents
The following is a public statement written by Rabbi Nachman and Itta Kletzky about the positive actions we can all take in response to their son’s tragic murder. I hope you will help to spread this statement far and wide, I think it is extremely important. May Hashem bless this suffering family with comfort and […]
Read MoreHey, Look at This! by Chaya Houpt
I love this post because it is so true, and also because it gives such an accurate, delicious taste of motherhood Nachlaot-style. Check out my neighbor Chaya’s amazing blog (my favorite Mommy blog) All Victories The afternoon walk home from gan. How I loathe it. Shuffling two preschoolers and a toddler the few short blocks […]
Read MoreBefore you Bite into that Orange…
This gave me goosebumps. The earthshaking power of every blessing we say. Definitely one to show the kids… (A big thanks to Bracha Goetz for sending this my way!) [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/25677084[/vimeo] Photo courtesy of Flickr.com user Nancy
Read MoreAn Adoptive Mother’s Decision to Breastfeed
I just saw this article on Shine by Melanie Blodgett about how her sister breastfed her adopted son. Fascinating stuff, I think. Here’s how she did it: I started taking some Domperidone (or motillium), which is a medicine that helps you lactate, which I ordered from an international pharmacy. I took 20mg, four times a […]
Read MoreBless this Broken Road: Coping with Miscarriage by Sarah Bracha Davidson
Miscarriage. It’s a tough word to say, let alone to write here, but there it is. I had a miscarriage just this Pesach, and it was an eye-opening, heart-wrenching, curve-ball life experience. According to the American Pregnancy Association, anywhere between 10-25% of clinically recognized pregnancies end in miscarriage, and one in every three women will […]
Read More“If it Wasn’t for Emuna, I Would be in a Mental Hospital”: A Tragedy Survivor’s Letter to Leiby z”l’s Father
(Translated by Yehudit Levy) The horrific murder of young Leiby Kletzky z”l last week touched the heart of Dutsi Gutstein, the sole survivor from the terrible train disaster that occurred a year ago near Kiryat Gat. In a special letter published by “Chadarei Chareidim,” Dotsi Gotstein writes to Nachman Kletzky, the father of Leiby Kletzky […]
Read More6 Ways to Be a Happier Mother
Why are so many mothers unhappy? Over the past 30 years, thousands of mothers have made the pilgrimage to the hilltop Elon Moreh home of Rabbanit Esther Levanon in order to seek out her advice and wisdom. And after every such meeting, Rabbanit Levanon has secretly marked down the underlying reason for each mother’s suffering. […]
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