Miriam’s Drum by Tziona Achishena
This is a 1-minute video from singer Tziona Achishena’s 2010 New York tour. This gives you a taste of the circle dances from that tour which can be viewed by women in the exquisite 5-minute video “Miriam’s Drum” by Tziona and Sheva Chaya Shaiman. Email Tziona to receive the private link to the full-length video.…Image […]
Read MoreIn My Daughter’s Eyes by Martina Mcbride
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve provided you moms with a cleansing, JewishMOM weep. Well, if you have a daughter, this should do the trick. This definitely got me all choked up and teary… Photo courtesy of Flickr.com user Andy
Read MoreMy Daughters’ Losing/Winning Song
At my daughters’ school, maybe THE most important event of the year is the school’s annual song contest, the Shirnof. So this year, like every year, my daughters were preparing for Shirnof for weeks. Hadas, my 12-year-old was working on the words for their team’s song with her friend Uriya and choreographing their team’s dance. […]
Read More5 Tools to Get Your Prayers Answered
When I heard that the topic of Dina Friedman’s class last week was “Getting your Kids to Pray” I didn’t even listen to it. The topic sounded pretty, well, dull… But then another very excited mom who is taking the class called to ask, “Have you heard the class on prayer yet? It’s incredible!” So […]
Read MoreThe Linguistic Genius of Babies
The wonder that is a baby’s brain. This 10-minute TED lecture is incredibly cool. Your cooing, wide-eyed, babbling baby is a linguistic genius…Thanks to Rabbi Michael Green for sending this my way!
Read MoreChief Rabbi Lord Sacks defends Marriage
In this inspiring 4-minute video, British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks defends the institution of marriage during a debate at England’s House of Lords. I love best when Rabbi Sacks says that Jews contribute so much to society because of the tremendous emphasis Jewish parents put on the family and the home. Three JewishMOM cheers […]
Read MoreThe Bad Balabusta Part II
I received a comment from JewishMOM Amanda Bradley on last week’s article “The Bad Balabusta” and it moved me deeply. Amanda wrote: “Recently, a young mother in our community passed away very suddenly. She was superlative in the love and care she poured onto her children and husband. And you know, not one eulogy (formal […]
Read MoreThe New JewishMOM.com!
Jewish moms, SURPRISE! After several months of late nights and hard work, I am SO THRILLED to be launching the new JewishMOM.com! In honor of this site’s 10 year anniversary, a few months ago I decided that the time had finally come to create a new-and-improved JewishMOM.com. I pray that this new site, which unites […]
Read MoreElevating the Pink by Chaya Houpt
I have been begging begging begging my Nachlaot buddy Chaya Houpt for several months now to start a blog. Chaya is a very thoughtful, very smart, and very funny mom of 3 kids ages 3 and under. She’s also a really great writer. Well, my nudging finally paid off and Chaya finally agreed to start […]
Read MoreThe Zviller Rebbe and the Bear
Last Friday morning, I visited an exhibit called “Jewish Magic through the Ages” at Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum. It was a totally fascinating exhibit, featuring dozens of rare Kabbalistic amulets and parchments from all across the Jewish world. I absolutely hated, of course, that the museum refers to these objects as “magic” because the word […]
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