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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 572

Jewish mother

A child climbs onto the 'Ahava'/Love statue in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on December 21, 2006. In 1978, the American artist, Robert Indiana, created a 13-foot-tall steel sculpture. (Lara Hart /Flash90)
September 19, 2020, 10:25 pm
Jewish dating app lets parents with a yen for grandkids set up adult children
JustKibbitz combines 21st century technology and Jewish moms’ tried-and-true yenta instincts to match offspring for a little light conversation, or prepaid first dates
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Tamar Manasseh of Mothers and Men Against Senseless Killings in a still from the new documentary 'They Ain't Ready for Me.' (Courtesy Brad Rothschild)
February 12, 2020, 6:14 am
Meet the African-American Jewish mom who fights gun violence with prayer
Documentary ‘They Ain’t Ready for Me’ chronicles student rabbi Tamar Manasseh, pioneer of a Chicago campaign providing poor families with a much-needed oasis
By Rich Tenorio
Jordana Horn, left, and Shannon Sarna are the hosts of a new podcast about Jewish parenting. (Marissa Roer/via JTA)
March 8, 2019, 9:14 pm
‘Call Your Mother’: A new podcast gets real about raising Jewish kids today
Co-hosts celebrate — with poop-filled honesty — the challenges and successes of 21st century parenting through insight from notable guests
By Josefin Dolsten
Angela Himsel (Charles Chessler)
November 10, 2018, 11:54 pm
Journalist’s memoir traces jump from doomsday church to NY Orthodox Jewish mom
An Israel study abroad program led Angela Himsel to leave her fringe fundamentalist Christian faith, embrace Judaism, and undergo Orthodox conversion
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Howard Feldman
July 11, 2018, 2:30 pm
Howard Feldman
What if the Thai soccer team had been Jewish?
Jewish boys have Jewish mothers, and you DO NOT take their kids into a cave!
JTA Collage (Netflix/The CW/Amazon Prime)
May 14, 2017, 4:35 pm
For Mothers’ Day, 8 Jewish TV moms who are smashing stereotypes
From transgender pioneer to charming, eccentric mom, these characters prove that Jewish matriarch is much more than an overbearing stereotype
By Lior Zaltzman
The Spielberg siblings, Steven (left), Sue, Nancy and Anne with their mother, Leah Adler, at a fundraiser for Children of Chernobyl, which Nancy Spielberg founded (Courtesy Nancy Spielberg)
February 22, 2017, 2:39 pm
Leah Adler, mother of Steven Spielberg, dies at 97
Known for her red lipstick, Peter Pan collars and sharp wit, Adler was also the owner of the Milky Way, a kosher Restaurant
By Jessica Steinberg
Finchley United Synagogue (David Hawgood / Wikipedia)
October 18, 2016, 7:17 pm
Jewish mom jailed for hoax bomb threat to UK synagogue
Claire Mann, who also tried to frame another mom for failing to invite her daughter to a birthday party, gets three years in prison
By JTA and ToI Staff
Marjorie Ingall with one of her daughters. (Courtesy)
October 4, 2016, 10:32 pm
How to mold a mensch? New book offers a prescription
Jewish parenting writer Marjorie Ingall looks beyond the stereotype to reveal what Jewish mothers do right in raising kids
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Spiritual parenting expert Dasee Berkowitz and her three children in their Jerusalem home. (courtesy)
November 13, 2015, 3:03 pm
How spiritual parenting can ground your child rearing
In this year’s Global Day of Jewish Learning, Dasee Berkowitz describes how through zooming out, parents can turn up the volume on their spiritual life
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Kate Siegel (right) and her Crazy Jewish Mom. (Courtesy)
January 29, 2015, 2:10 am
‘Crazy Jewish Mom’ texts go viral
Kate Siegel’s SMS-happy mom just can’t stay out of her business
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative photo of a crime scene (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
January 2, 2015, 10:06 am
Mother charged with stabbing son at Shabbat dinner
Petah Tikva woman says 28-year-old threatened her with a knife; son sustained moderate injuries in last week’s incident
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a crime scene (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
December 26, 2014, 9:55 pm
Mom said to stab son at Shabbat dinner
28-year-old hospitalized after heated argument at Friday night meal in Petah Tikva almost turns fatal
By ToI Staff
At a family wedding in Israel, Regina Ament, right, is shown with her sisters, from left, Feige, Baila and Hinda. (Courtesy Chanoch Korman/via JTA)
July 5, 2014, 4:50 pm
Without a trace: The tale of the missing mom
After years of Sunday phone calls, an Israeli daughter stops hearing from her elderly mother living with her brother in the US. Why?
By Hillel Kuttler
Filmmaker Joshua Seftel and his mother, Pat Seftel, the star of 'My Mom on Movies.' (photo credit: Phillip Toledano)
December 10, 2013, 10:52 am
Wisdom from the mouth of a Jewish mother
YouTube series ‘My Mom on Movies’ has an award-winning filmmaker interviewing his insightful 75-year-old mother on popular culture
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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