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Bracha Goldstein

May 10, 2026, 5:59 PM

A Soldier’s Mother

It has been two months since I joined the ranks of IDF mothers, specifically combat mothers. I am still new, still training to be the supportive role I need to be while learning ropes I never thought I could...

May 10, 2026, 5:47 PM

Mother love. . .and light

It’s Friday, just before Mother’s Day, and I am readying to light Shabbos candles. And an image shared by a friend comes to me, a long line of women, stretching back generations, who, too, are sparking flames, kindling tapers, covering...

May 10, 2026, 11:23 AM

Motherhood in a Land of Heart and Hardship

Photo credit: Raanan Cohen, IFCJ

Mother’s Day has always been a tender moment for me — a day to pause, to breathe, and to thank God for the privilege of being a mother. But living and raising children in Israel has shaped my understanding...

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi

May 9, 2026, 7:39 PM

Celebrating Nancy Laszlo’s Impact on Family & Community

As we celebrate my mother's 90th birthday and Mother’s Day, there is still a question—can women do it all? Can they have a thriving family and career at the same time? My mother, Nancy Jean Warner Laszlo, did both....

May 8, 2026, 6:22 PM

The Woman Who Made Me – A Tribute to My Mother

To My Mother, On This Day Prepared by Rabbi Anchelle Perl A Mother's Day Meditation to Read Aloud Mama — before I say anything else, let me say this: I see you. I see the years you carried me before I could carry...

May 5, 2026, 6:12 PM

When Mother’s Day is Hard

Motherhood is complicated. The Torah teaches us this. It is filled with women whose mothers are absent, who struggle to become mothers, struggle to raise their children, and endure physical and emotional losses along the way. Chava (Eve) loses a...

Simone Suzanne Kussatz

Jan 24, 2026, 9:28 PM

My Six-Year Anniversary in France – Part III

Photograph taken from the Centre Pompidou in January 2020, shortly after my arrival in Paris. Photo credit: Simone Suzanne Kussatz / ARETE.

Part III: Exploring the Art World, Searching for Familiarity, Finding Muriel Franceschetti Before the lockdown, within my first two months in Paris, I met two Americans who left a lasting impression on me. The first was a young woman from Colorado...

Dec 31, 2025, 6:56 AM

Beyond the Unencumbered Trainee

Two Residencies: Motherhood as Clinical Mastery For a full-time Doctor of Nursing Practice student specializing in midwifery and a mother of four young children, winter break is less of a vacation and more of a step-up in acuity; the demands...

May 17, 2025, 3:21 PM

Postscript, Mother’s Day

Memories

. . . come and gone, in a flurry of texts, cards, calls, gifts - the days of hand made keepsakes and surprise pancake breakfasts – and the sticky counters in their aftermath – long gone. Left to the grands,...

May 9, 2025, 8:57 PM

The Yiddishe Momme

A story is told about the mother of the first Jewish President who receives a call inviting her to fly on Air Force One. She hangs up the phone, and her friend asks, “Who was that?” She replies, “You...

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