Lori Palatnik, at The Blogs

Mar 30, 2022, 6:55 PM

A lot of people died Sunday night at the Academy Awards. The Talmud teaches us that embarrassing someone is akin to killing them because when we are embarrassed, we want to die. Other people’s feelings are so important, the Rambam...

Mar 22, 2022, 2:22 PM

How we can help the refugees in our backyard

Are you going through something tough? If you find yourself in need of a little perspective, I invite you to meet a few of the Ukrainian refugees who arrived in Israel this week. Momentum has brought over 100 mothers from Ukraine...

Feb 12, 2022, 1:09 AM

Thank You, Whoopi!

There is a book that someone once showed me called, Is Your Dog Jewish? It was a party conversation starter that had one question on each page, beginning with, “Is your dog Jewish?” Of course, if you have a dog, you’re...

Feb 2, 2022, 7:02 PM

I’m with Whoopi…Sort Of….

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Whoopi Goldberg, the actress, and moderator of The View got into hot water this week when a discussion on the show centered around the ban of the book, Maus, in Tennessee schools. Public figures, whether celebrities or politicians, beware:...

Jun 5, 2020, 5:02 PM

What will our kids remember?

On three things, the world stands: on justice, on truth, and peace. Pirkei Avot/Ethics of Our Fathers 1:18 My husband told me that he remembers the riots in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, at the height of the Vietnam...

Apr 27, 2020, 5:44 PM

Growing Inside

My husband and I live in Musrara, a historic neighborhood in Jerusalem, just outside the Old City. After attending AIPAC in Washington DC on March 7th, I returned, and upon hearing that there were people in attendance who had...

Mar 17, 2020, 12:15 AM

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Lori Palatnik is the Founding Director of Momentum (formerly JWRP). She is a world-renowned Jewish educator, speaker, writer, and media personality, who has lectured all over the world. Lori has authored four books: Friday Night and Beyond, Gossip, Remember My Soul, and Turn Your Husband Into Your Soul Mate. In 2014, Lori was named one of the ten “Women to Watch” by Jewish Women International in recognition of her contribution to Jewish women throughout the world. Hadassah named Lori one of the “Most Outstanding Jewish American Women of Our Time” and Izzy included Lori in its “Global Jewish 100” list. In 2020, Lori was selected to light the “Diaspora” torch at the national ceremony for Israel’s 72nd Independence Day. Lori lives with her husband in Jerusalem.

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