The Day Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ Kippah Blew Off by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
After I finished university, I was teaching philosophy. At the time most of my colleagues were Marxists, some were Jewish, most not, but almost all were irreligious or anti-religious. In those days I had no thought of eventually becoming a rabbi, but I did continue wearing my yarmulka at all times. One particularly windy day, […]
Read MoreKindness Chain on a Tel Aviv Bus by Roey Tzezana
Today I was riding a bus in Tel Aviv, all seats were taken. The bus stopped and an old lady with a walker barely managed to get on. Just as I was getting up to offer her my seat, three other people were already up and helping her. One of them remained standing so she […]
Read MoreA Mikveh in Memory of her Daughter by Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi
Yesterday I was in Havat Gilad in the Shomron, a place populated by the most beautiful women in the world. They have within them the beauty of the hills all around, the beauty of the land of Israel. I was there for the opening of Havat Gilad’s beautiful new mikveh. It was built with the […]
Read MoreNow, at 44 years old I Wonder if I Made a Mistake by not Having Children by Maayan Poplevsky (Ynet.co.il)
I never thought that I’d be a mom. I was your classic care-free “child-free” gal. As the years went by, I saw many happy couples that settled down and became families. Sometimes I found myself becoming jealous of them. But soon enough I reminded myself that bringing kids into this world is a huge lifelong […]
Read MoreRav Ezrachi’s Emotional Eulogy for his Wife of 70 years
This eulogy for Rebbetzin Shulamit Ezrachi has been making shock waves across the Jewish world, from Rabbanit Yemima’s weekly class to the weekly letter from Ami Living’s editor, Rechy Frankfurter. So I decided to find out what everyone’s so worked up about and watch it for myself. The deep distress of this esteemed Rosh Yeshiva […]
Read MoreAfter 34 Years Gitty and Fischel Weinberger Have 1st Baby
The maggid shiur HaRav Efraim Fishel Yisrael Weinberger and his wife Gitty embraced their first child this week after 34 long years of waiting HaRav Weinberger, a 52-year-old Bobover chassid and his wife Gitty got married in Brooklyn in 1988. After being married for many years without being zohech to zera shel kayama, the couple […]
Read More
Important Update: To Receive Daily Emails Must Re-Register
Shalom JewishMom! An important update: If you would like to receive each of my posts in a daily E mail please click here. If you’d been receiving my daily Emails until recently, you will need to re-register because Feedburner has closed down… Sorry for the trouble! And thanks for reading/listening/being with me in my JewishMom […]
Read More