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Our Tearful Shabbat Guest

Posted by JewishMom on Sep 11, 2022 in Inspiration, Israel | 2 comments

This past Friday we hosted guests from an upscale tourist company, the kind of company that caters to VIPs. In a few weeks they’ll be sending us a couple who, for example, will be arriving in Israel by private jet. This is a bit nerve-wracking for me. Since we aren’t the Waldorf Astoria. We are […]

Queen Elizabeth, the Imperfect Mother

Posted by JewishMom on Sep 9, 2022 in Current Events, Inspiration | 2 comments

Forgiving Queen Elizabeth, and forgiving ourselves. Shabbat shalom!

Queen Elizabeth II and the Jews

Posted by JewishMom on Sep 8, 2022 in Current Events, Inspiration | 0 comments

I, like millions around the globe I’m sure, were shocked and saddened to hear that Queen Elizabeth passed away this evening. Many of those millions, like me, have gotten to know the Queen as a human being and wife and mother and monarch through watching “The Crown.” All of us Crown viewers learned that Queen […]

My Queens Cemetery Hop

Posted by JewishMom on Sep 8, 2022 in Motherhood, My life | 2 comments

Last Thursday, early in the morning, I took a train from Baltimore to New York in order to visit several graves. What prompted this first trip to New York City in 25 years? And what prompted me to visit those specific graves that I’d never visited before? Well, I had a flight out of Newark […]