A Joke about Israel that Gave me Goosebumps

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 18, 2023 in Current Events | 0 comments

This Shabbat my daughter and some friends visited a nursing home where they met 99-year-old Saba Kalman. Saba Kalman told them about how he grew up in a small town in Poland and was transported to Auschwitz at 17. And how, after the war, he snuck past the British blockade on the bottom of a […]

I Never Said It’d be Easy

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 16, 2023 in Inspiration | 0 comments

Shabbat Shalom!  

What We See

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 15, 2023 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Pam Goldminz, Mother of a Child Cancer-Survivor: I Learned that There are No Coincidences

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 15, 2023 in Inspiration | 2 comments

Two weeks ago we hosted a wonderful family from Dallas for Friday-night dinner, Pam and Jonathan Goldminz, and their 3 beautiful children. When I asked Pam if a special occasion had brought them to Israel, I was taken aback when she responded, “Yes, we wanted to come to Israel to mark my son’s cancer being […]

A Jewish Mother’s Sacrifice by Rabbi YY Jacobson

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 14, 2023 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms | 0 comments

Very moving story about a Jewish mother’s commitment to Judaism, at the risk of imprisonment or worse at the hands of the Soviet regime.

Mazal tov to Michal and Corey!

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 13, 2023 in Current Events, Inspiration, My life | 0 comments

This morning Josh and I attended the bris of Gavriel Shalom, the firstborn child of a couple very dear to our hearts, Corey and Michal Gold. We first met Corey when he was Josh’s student around 10 years ago at the Orayta Yeshiva. And over the past decade Josh and I have had the honor […]

I Finally Tracked Down the Woman I’ve Wanted to Thank for 34 Years

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 12, 2023 in Current Events, Inspiration, My life | 0 comments

When I was a freshman in college in Maine, my high school friend’s stories about her Orthodox roommate in New York made a deep impression on me. In a way, this roommate, Ali Fein, was the first Orthodox Jew I ever knew. This past Thursday I finally tracked down Ali Fein (now Dr. Ali Blech […]

Your Only Competition

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 11, 2023 in Inspiration | 0 comments

Like a Tree by Water

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 9, 2023 in Inspiration | 0 comments

9 Months After Building Mikveh, Baby Born after 21-Year Wait

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 9, 2023 in Inspiration | 3 comments

This is so beautiful. My favorite thing about this video is how the entire community came together to help their childless neighbors, and then how the entire community had a big celebration with dancing and music in the streets when they brought home their baby girl. “All who mourn [the destruction of] Jerusalem will merit […]