Whoopi Goldberg: Wearing a Wig Saved Frum Woman’s Life
An Orthodox wig-wearing woman in New Jersey was almost taken hostage by a bank robber who tried to grab her by her hair. The robber was QUITE stunned when the woman slipped off her wig and fled away! Watch Whoopi Goldberg tell the story… (IMMODESTY WARNING) hat tip to a cute blog I just discovered […]
Read MoreThe Week’s Mommy Peptalk: How to Get Re-energized
A simple tool to discover the unique mission in life that will enable you to thrive. If you cannot view YouTube videos, please click here
Read MoreThe New, Free JewishMOM Hotline
I just realized how much I want to find a way to start connecting with you JewishMOMs one on one, so I’ve decided to set up a free hotline for you JewishMOMs to call me to get advice, encouragement, chizuk, etc. These are the Hotline hours: Thursdays: 9:30 PM-11 PM (Jerusalem Time) (that’s 2:30 PM- […]
Read MoreMeet this Week’s JewishMOM: Baltimore’s Sheva Givre
Where did you grow up? I grew up in Tucson, Arizona which is a small desert town in the Southwest. There is not a large Jewish community in Tucson but there is something to be said for growing up in the desert on your own land. I never wore shoes and swam all year long. […]
Read MoreA Conservative Jew in Boro Park by Yentl Eisenberg
Thirty-nine years ago I spent a Shabbos with Real Jews in Boro Park. Don’t look at me like that; that’s exactly how my Conservative Hebrew School in suburban Philadelphia advertised a program where children from non-frum homes were invited to spend Shabbos with Orthodox families in Boro Park, Brooklyn. For two years I attended those […]
Read MoreThe Charedi Playground
We Weisbergs affectionately call it “The Charedi Playground.” And it’s one of our favorite Shabbat afternoon destinations. Every Shabbat, it’s packed with Charedi be-peyosed boys and be-stockinged girls from the big, poor, Yiddish-speaking families from Mea Shearim down the hill. My kids enjoy all the slides and action, and I get to relax and read […]
Read MoreI Found God, But I Lost Me: A Baalat Teshuva’s Journey
A few months back I was speaking with Batya Sherizen (AKA Batya the Baby Coach) about an article she was writing for JewishMOM.com on getting babies to sleep. And during our conversation, Batya mentioned that, by the way, she is a musician. On a hunch, I asked her to send me some songs. And when […]
Read MoreAvichai’s Story: The Soldier who Saved a Baby’s Life (5-Minute Video)
Oy vey, get your tissues ready…This is so incredibly beautiful and so heartwarming. A video about the emotional meeting of stem cell donor Ziv with young cancer patient Avichai. If you cannot view YouTube videos, please click here
Read MoreAn Encounter with Chabad in Moscow: Reflections on Gimmel Tammuz
It is 1991, and I am sight-seeing around Moscow with Natasha, a fellow counselor from the Soviet Pioneer camp where I am working for the summer. Natasha is hoping that I, the American Jew, will be able to educate her about the religion of her ancestors. But I know almost as little about Judaism as […]
Read More4-Year-Old Art Prodigy Sells Painting for $27,000
You know when you look at modern art, and you feel incredulous that a few blotches of green paint could cost so much money, and you say something like: “A 4-year-old could have done that.” Well, it turns out that it’s true. A 4-year-old could have done that. This video made me laugh pretty hard. […]
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