Choosing Life: Some Thoughts on Torah and Children
The last time I walked by that place on David Yellin Street a few months ago, there was just a massive hole in the ground surrounded by a really high fence. But when I walked by the construction site this past Shabbat morning I discovered in its place a towering yeshiva of the Gerer Chassidim […]
Read MoreThis Week's Mommy Peptalk: How to Stop Resenting and Start Living
It’s no fun being a martyr. And it’s even less fun to live with one! Learn how to stop being a happier mom… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-HBQw1-Ah4] And on the same anti-Martyrdom theme, a short video called “If Mom Ain’t Happy…” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBJa-HSLbi0]
Read MoreA Funny Video about becoming a Living Menorah…
Did you know that on Chanukah we don’t only need to light a Menorah, we’re supposed to BECOME a Menorah! We’re supposed to light up our faces with a sincere smile to bring joy to our kids, our husbands, our families, and the world. But Chanukah is long, and is there any mom reading this […]
Read MoreA Jewish Army Mom in Iraq for Chanukah
I was just about to click to send out this week’s newsletter when I noticed this letter in my inbox. I just had to share this amazing story, a Jewish mom spending this Chanukah a 16-hour flight away from her husband and 2 kids in Ohio in order to serve the United States serving in […]
Read MoreMy Vote for This Year's Top Chanukah Videos!
Join our FREE Email Mailing List Every Chanukah, my inbox gets filled with the year’s funniest and best new Chanukah videos… I wanted to share my favorites so far from this year… Neil Young Sings Adam Sandler’s Chanukah Song This new version of an oldie but goodie brought a big smile to this Jewish mom’s […]
Read MoreYehudit and You: A Chanukah Story
by Chana Jenny Weisberg Reprinted from TheJewishWoman.org, Someone once claimed that my alma mater, Bowdoin College of Maine, is the most thoroughly non-Jewish college in the United States. This isn’t really true. In fact, Jews make up a full 10% of the student body. But it is true that Bowdoin is not a college that […]
Read MoreChanukah Reflections: Imaginations Run Amok
Yesterday I was walking to the market when I heard someone shrieking and starting a fight with a passerby. I turned around, but it wasn’t anything serious. It was just Yankel yelling again. And Yankel’s always angry, always yelling at somebody or about somebody. “I’m going to kill him! I’ll never forgive him for what […]
Read MoreThis Week's Mommy Peptalk: The "Holiday" Concert
Reflections on Holiday concerts past and present. [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3255264466357241912&ei=l64kS8ndMJnW2wLhstX9AQ&q=the+holiday+concert#]
Read MoreA Miracle for Chanukah ’09: TV Interview with Recovered Injured Groom Aaron Karov
You are not going to believe this. A true miracle for Chanukah ’09. Lt. Aaron Karov, who last year went to fight in the Gaza War less than 24 hours after his wedding, and was the most severely injured soldier from the Gaza War, is now nearly fully recovered and giving TV interviews. The doctors, […]
Read MoreA Chanukah Carol: In one moment of silence, my Jewish identity was born
Join our FREE Email Mailing List Reprinted from Aish.com by Chana Jenny Weisberg In fourth grade I transferred from an almost all-Jewish public school to a Quaker prep school. I have made other big transitions since then. But that move to Mrs. Mitchell’s classroom at the Friends School of Baltimore was by far the most […]
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