My Welcome Comeuppance by Chaya Houpt

Posted by JewishMom on May 4, 2011 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 1 comment

As you may remember, I had some ambitious plans for Pesach. And on top of everything, we were hosting a Very Important and Beloved Relative. In our apartment. Our small and noisy and toy-strewn apartment. I was nervous, but we managed to put together a nice space for our guest. We hosted our first seder. […]

Yoel’s Terrible Morning by Joshua Weisberg

Posted by JewishMom on May 3, 2011 in Inspiration, Motherhood, My life | 5 comments

Here’s a guest post by my husband, Joshua. This is my favorite kind of article, the kind that starts out with me laughing real hard and then ends with me reaching for the tissues….Enjoy! This morning my 3-year-old son Yoel woke up at full volume. And early. By 5:01 he was doing leaping somersaults over […]

5 Tips to Help your Baby Sleep through the Night

Posted by JewishMom on May 3, 2011 in Jewish Moms, Motherhood, Uncategorized | 9 comments

This is a guest post by Batya the Baby Coach Congratulations on taking the initiative to learn more about overcoming your baby’s sleep challenges. By taking these first significant steps you will learn how to help your baby sleep better, and your sleepless nights will soon be just a faint memory of the past. It […]

Mother’s Day Cutest Jewish Child Contest

Posted by JewishMom on May 3, 2011 in Current Events, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, Uncategorized | 0 comments

In honor of Mother’s Day this coming Sunday, I decided to have a “Cutest Kid Contest!” This is how the contest works… 1. Send my your favorite cutest photos of your kids, or cutest stories about your kids to jenny18@zahav.net.il 2. Next week, I’ll feature the semifinalists, and you JewishMOMs will vote for the winner. […]

Bin Laden’s Death and Yom HaShoah

Posted by JewishMom on May 2, 2011 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel | 1 comment

This morning, when I stood for the Yom Hashoah siren, I felt a mixture of unfathomable loss for all of the murdered mothers and fathers and children martyred in the Shoah, as well as profound gratitude for the State of Israel. Look what we Jews have built, with G-d’s help, over the past 66 years…The […]

The Royal Wedding’s Frowning Flower Girl

Posted by JewishMom on May 1, 2011 in Current Events, Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 10 comments

True confession. I just watched a video from the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and it made me cry. The wedding looks so fairy-tale-ish and romantic that it makes me feel all weepy and wistful. But there is something very strange about this video of the newest royal couple standing on the […]

This Week’s Mommy Peptalk: Magical Moments

Posted by JewishMom on May 1, 2011 in Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 1 comment

The Hilarious Motherhood Anthem

Posted by JewishMom on May 1, 2011 in Motherhood | 3 comments

I discuss this famous hilarious/awful/tragic song in this week’s peptalk. I like to hear this song at least once a year, in order to remind myself how NOT to talk to my children…

German Mother, Jewish Son (Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 30, 2011 in Inspiration, Inspirational Videos, Israel, Motherhood | 6 comments

In honor of Yom HaShoah, here is a video I made about one German mother’s extraordinary response to the Holocaust. This video was featured on Aish.com, and has been viewed about 17,000 times so far!  

The Lost Interview: Chagit bat Leah z”l (Video)

Posted by JewishMom on Apr 27, 2011 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, My life | 5 comments

3 years ago, I interviewed 25 JewishMOMs for my Mini-Mom Video Series. And among those mothers was my dear friend, Chagit bat Leah Lozon z”l, who passed away after a devastating battle with cancer last month. Those of you who have been following this blog for a while know that Chagit was a 39-year-old mother […]