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America's Top Rebbetzins

Emunah Steier--What Bad Behavior is REALLY Telling Us About Our Kids

By Vera Kessler

Emunah Steier is a psychiatrist, therapist, and mother of 3, who is passionate about family communication.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Mina Eisenbach--Why Does It Matter What You Do? (Every Neshama is Valuable)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Mina Eisenbach, along with her husband, Rabbi Joseph Eisenbach, are the co-directors of Chabad Lubavitch of Northeast, Connecticut.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Zelly Refson--Perspectives on Gratitude

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Zelly shows us how to curate our consciousness so that we learn to look for our blessings instead of what we are lacking.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Chaya Meyer--How to Build a Loving Jewish Home

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Chaya Meyer discusses the key elements to building a Jewish home. She talks about the physical items found in a home that make it Jewish, along with meaningful Jewish rituals and Jewish core values. She gives a beautiful and uplifting interview about the deep inner beauty of a Jewish home.To contact our sponsor, The […]

Terrorism / Hamas / Palestinian Authority / Islamic Jihad / Social Media

Arab Terror Groups Exploit Social Media to Recruit Minors

By Yaakov Lappin

The terrorist orgs are brainwashing their children to be cannon fodder via the social networks.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Rivkah Slonim--Classic Jewish Wisdom on Raising Children (Chabad of Binghamton U.)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Rivkah Slonim, Chabad emissary at Binghamton University in Binghamton, NY, shares practical Jewish wisdom, coupled with modern psychology, in an effort to guide parents in raising their children.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Slovie Jungreis-Wolff Uses Practical Jewish Principles To Guide us in Parenting

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Slovie Jungreis-Wolff uses Jewish principles to guide us in parenting kids of all ages, from toddlers to teens. She talks about helping kids with anxiety, how to properly discipline your child, and how to truly make them feel grateful for what they have.

Coronavirus

Study Examines COVID Lockdowns' Harm to Children’s Immune Systems

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

In the months after Israel lifted the majority of social restrictions, there was a sharp incline in respiratory and gastrointestinal infections among the 0-3 age group, a peer-reviewed study by Ben-Gurion University shows.

Featured / Coronavirus / Sheba Medical Center

Israeli-York U Study Examines How COVID-19 Masks Impact Children’s Social Interactions

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Children are having difficulty recognizing faces that are partially covered by masks, and this could potentially impact social interactions with peers and educators, as well as the ability to form important relationships.

Israel / Coronavirus

Israel Approves COVID-19 Vaccinations for 5-to-11-Year-Olds

By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk

The nearly unanimous vote on the move by a panel of experts comes on the heels of the FDA-CDC decision last week to inoculate kids in that age group.

Israel / Coronavirus

11% of Israeli Children Recovering from COVID-19 Suffer from Long-Term Symptoms – Study

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The study found that the older the child, the higher the chance of the child contending with Long COVID.

Terrorism / US / Gaza / Hamas / Media

At Least 8 Gazan Children Featured on NY Times Front Page were Killed by Terrorist Rockets

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The NY Times list of victims also included a Hamas terrorist, a name unrelated to the war, and children killed by Hamas.

Israel / Coronavirus

Netanyahu: Children Under 16 Likely to be Vaccinated by Summer

By Israel Hayom

In an upcoming weekend interview, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reveals that he is in talks with Pfizer and Moderna for tens of millions of doses approved for kids.

Featured / Headline / Terrorism / Video of the Day / The Temple Mount

Shocking Video: Mother Teaching Children Terror on the Temple Mount

By Video of the Day

Watch a Muslim mother teach her children to shoot policemen on the Temple Mount.

NY / Politics

Security Is Expensive. Are Our Children Worth It?

By State Senator Simcha Felder

Of course we all feel fortunate when a threat turns out to be only a threat, or when an act of intended terror is foiled. We feel fortunate because we’ve seen the results of the real thing too many times.

Op-Eds

Assemble Yourselves! Our Blessings, Our Children, Our Community

By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran

The vituperation visited between Jews is beyond disheartening; it saps our holiness and divine inspiration, leaving us vulnerable to the greatest dangers imaginable – from both within and without

Parenting Our Children

How To Deal With Behaviorally Challenged Children

By Rifka Schonfeld

Elementary school children may occasionally throw tantrums when sitting down to do their homework. This will often occur if your child is inundated by work or exhausted from lack of sleep.

Judea & Samaria / Chessed and Tzedaka

Join the Crowd Funding Campaign to Strengthen Oz veGaon

By Jewish Press Staff

The nature preserve built in memory of Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaer, and Eyal Yifrah needs your help.

South Florida

JAFCO Luncheon Raises $35,000 For Children

By Shelley Benveniste

The luncheon began with a boutique of more than 20 vendors and a Chinese auction with many exciting prizes.

Parenting Our Children

Parent Traps: How To Avoid Them And Raise More Confident Children

By Rifka Schonfeld

The difference is in whether you are giving your children advantages or assisting them in developing the skills that will put them at an advantage.

Politics / Government / History / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Government to Reveal Lost Yemenite Children 2001 Committee Findings

By JNi.Media

The committee began its investigations in 1995, following bloody clashes in Passover of 1994, between the followers of a Yemenite Rabbi and police.

Parenting Our Children

The Intensity of Gifted Children: Pros And Cons

By Rifka Schonfeld

You aren’t given a manual when you have a child and there’s no survival guide to tell you what to do.

Parenting Our Children

Seven Tips To Manage Anxiety In Children

By Rifka Schonfeld

Children who experienced an extremely disturbing event might subsequently develop generalized anxiety.

Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Obituaries

Eulogies by Shimon Peres' Three Children

By Jewish Press Staff

I remember him at the table of a French restaurant, when he whispered in my ear, it’s tastes good, but nothing compares to your mother’s salad. To him, Israel’s cucumbers and tomatoes were the finest of delicacies.

Photo of the Day

Lords of the Dance

By Photo of the Day

Hareidi children dance at the Kotel.

Goldstein on Gelt

Goldstein on Gelt: What's the Best Way to Give Your Children Financial Assistance?

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

On today’s show, Doug examines generational giving. Learn about the tax considerations involved in gifting money to your children

Jewish / NY / UK / History / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

'Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children' at the Jewish Museum

By JNi.Media

Lady Meyer was a socially concerned philanthropist supporting working class women, underprivileged families, and women’s suffrage.

Shiloh Musings

Shiloh Musings: USA Kerry, Terrorists aren't Misbehaving Innocent Children!!

By Batya Medad

erry shows the world how he misunderstands terrorists. They don't just murder and attack for the attention. It's an act of war, another genre in the military lexicon.

Syria / UK / News Briefs / Turkey / Chessed and Tzedaka / Judaism

UK-Based World Jewish Relief Marks 1 Year Aiding More Than 17,500 Refugees

By Jewish Press Staff

The UK-based Jewish relief organization has helped thousands of refugees in Greece and Turkey, including thousands of children, over the past year.

South Florida

Helping Jewish Children Of Incarcerated Parents Have A Summer Camp Experience

By Shelley Benveniste

It creates a fun and meaningful experience for the kids, in which they can make new friends and explore essential Jewish values.

Israel / News Briefs / Chessed and Tzedaka / Sports

Israeli Olympic Medalist Auctions Her Rio Name Patch to Benefit Children with Cancer

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The former judo world champion in the 63 kilogram division started an eBay auction on Tuesday, which will continue for five days until August 29.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Separating the Sportsmen from the Children

By Paula Stern

For Israelis, the Olympics comes each time with tremendous emotional baggage. We remember the 1972 Munich Olympics when the Israeli squad was taken hostage and subsequently slaughtered by the PLO

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Separating the Sportsmen from the Children

By Paula Stern

Congratulations to the Israeli team for acting with dignity and self-respect and not escalating the conflict with the Lebanese and for making us all proud.

For the Home

How To Travel With Children

By Pnina Baim

Either bring blankets from home or get from the flight attendants. Bring sweatshirts for added coziness as the blankets are sure to fall off.

Torah / From the Paper

The Special Relationship Of Children To God

By Rabbi Mordechai Weiss

For me the question that I was about to ask had value and I was always taught by my parents that one must ask questions to gain knowledge.

Op-Eds

To Sing A New Song... Our Children And Students

By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran

The key to a successful classroom? Smiles. When I saw a classroom with students participating, I saw a teacher with a smile on his face.

Photo of the Day

Gazan Children at Play [photos]

By Photo of the Day

Normal children don't hold toy gun battles like this.

IDF & Security / Politics / News Briefs / Media / Religious & Secular in Israel

Senior Israeli TV Editor: I Will Not Let my Children Enlist

By JNi.Media

Nir said he couldn't understand why the taxes Israelis pay are not enough to sustain IDF soldiers.

Op-Eds

Israel's Kidnapped Yemenite Children Bogeyman

By Steven Plaut

This year, as usual, demagogue politicians are joining the calls for yet another state commission of inquiry into the hysteria of "kidnapped Yemenite children"

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

4 Hamas Killers of Henkin Couple Sentenced to Life in Prison

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Four Hamas terrorists responsible for murdering the Henkin couple are sentenced to life in prison.

Yemen / Houthis / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / History / The Courts / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Aliyah / Geulah

Five MKs Reveal How the State Stole their Families' Children

By JNi.Media

"It's time to expose the truth behind this shocking episode, an episode that is a black stain on the history of the State of Israel."

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Haifa U Study: Educators Should Watch for High-Functioning Autistic Children with Handwriting Difficulties

By JNi.Media

Prof. Sara Rosenblum: “The education system addresses reading skills, but there is insufficient attention to writing skills."

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Israeli Elementary School Children Take Pictures from Edge of Space

By JNi.Media

A group of ambitious students and parents from Hod Hasharon last week shot a meteorological balloon 15 miles up, almost reaching the edge of the earth's atmosphere.

Israel / Jewish / Politics / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Media / Russia

Jewish Billionaire Mikhail Fridman Leaving Nothing to his Children

By JNi.Media

Fridman, who has four children, the youngest is 10 and the eldest 22, told his Russian audience he wants his children to follow in his footsteps and create something on their own.

Torah / From the Paper

Teaching Responsibility To Our Children

By Rabbi Mordechai Weiss

The students were eventually expelled from the school that they were attending, but the reactions of the parents were quite divergent.

Jewish / NY / Politics / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / Religion

75 Children Contract Chickenpox in Williamsburg Outbreak, Failure to Inoculate Cited

By JNi.Media

The problem is that by reducing the number of vaccinated children, the community at large is exposed to a greater risk.

Photo of the Day

The Children of Independence

By Photo of the Day

Israeli soldiers march with Kindergarten children from Efrat as they celebrate the upcoming 68th Independence in Efrat, Gush Etzion

Soul Talk

Soul Talk - Giving Your Children the Right Values

By Israel News Talk Radio

Rabbi David Aaron discusses how to instill religious values in your kids.

Israel / Global / Travel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

InterNations Report: Israel Fourth Best Place to Raise your Children

By JNi.Media

In the category of Family Well-Being, Israel is ranked 3rd, behind Australia and Austria.

Parenting Our Children

What Do We Really Want for Our Children?

By Rifka Schonfeld

Resilience explains why some children overcome overwhelming obstacles...

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine

Survey: Terror Attack Snuff Videos Affect 80% of Children

By JNi.Media

Children exposed to the horrific photos and videos of terror attacks on social networks have developed symptoms of anxiety in public places.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

3 Wounded Syrian Children brought to Israel for Medical Treatment

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Three Syrian children wounded Saturday night in a lethal mortar shell attack in a courtyard where they were playing were brought to the Rebecca Sieff (Ziv) Hospital in Safed (Tsfat) for medical treatment. A 7-year-old boy was in serious condition with chest wounds and a broken hand; a 10-year-old boy was also in serious condition […]

US / News Briefs

Murdered Children's Bodies Return to Ohio

By Jewish Press News Desk

The bodies of two murdered children have returned to their mother in Ohio to be laid to rest.

Parenting Our Children

Wisdom in Parenting

By Chana Mark

Most of us instinctively know what good parenting looks like. And yet…

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

PA Times Charges of Israeli ‘Torture’ of Children with Kerry’s Visit

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority opened up the propaganda taps Wednesday with charges that Israel and the “occupation forces” are “torturing” Arab children. The allegations were reported several hours before U.S. Secretary of State John Kelley landed in Israel. He previously has incited Arab violence by warning Israel that if it does not do as he says, […]

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Israeli Researcher: Chewing Gum Cause of Migraines in Teens

By Jewish Press Staff

"Every doctor knows that overuse of the TMJ will cause headaches."

Syria / News Briefs

Assad’s Air Force Kills 14 Children in Bombing of Aleppo

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian President Bassar al-Assad’s Air Force dropped “barrel bombs” of explosives on Aleppo Sunday, killing 14 children and eight others, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. A school was hit by the bombs, the Observatory said, and another activist group reported that there were several helicopter attacks. The city, Syria’s second largest, […]

Ear to the Ground

Aliyah and the Gifted Child

By Varda Meyers Epstein

"Everything we have done and learned regarding the gifted students has also come from speaking to more experienced Olim, not through the system."

Op-Eds

Does It Bother You when your Kid Comes Home Feeling like Junk?

By Bezalel Perlman

Response to Rabbi Wallerstein's Agudah convention speech.

Tzedek-Tzedek

Why IS Ploni Taking Such an Interest In my Child?

By David Morris

Some sexual abusers will devote enormous efforts to preparing a child for abuse, in such a way that the child will least resist, and the perpetrator will be most protected.

Op-Eds

Fatherless and Leaderless

By Jack R. Avital

A tribute to Rav Ovadia Yosef on his Shloshim.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Beginning The Journey

By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l

The purchase of the Cave of Machpelah is evidently a highly significant event because it is recorded in great detail.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs

Assad’s Planes Bomb Schoolchildren; 15 People Killed

By Jewish Press News Desk

Who need chemical weapons to commit war crimes? Syrian President Bassar al-Assad’s planes bombed a secondary school in a rebel-held city in northeastern Syria on Sunday, killing nine people, most of them children, opposition spokesmen said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the death toll likely will rise because many of the survivors […]

Op-Eds

The Only Commonality Is Mass Killing

By Anat Berko

The suicide bomber's education and attack preparations are diametrically opposed to that of mass killers, as is their socialization.

Sultan Knish

Sacrifices of Peace

By Daniel Greenfield

Eventually Prime Minister Rabin, who had offered up so many Israelis as sacrifices of peace, was privileged to himself became a sacrifice of peace.

Rebbetzin's Viewpoint

Weeping for Jerusalem

By Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis

The story was about a mother who lost her husband and eleven of her children in Auschwitz.

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Bat Mitzvah Girl Used Gift Money to Renovate Crisis Center

By Jewish Press Staff

Charlotte’s gift will provide a clean and modern space, where the children can undergo therapy through cooking and baking.

Shiloh Musings

Netanyahu, Lapid, Punish Families with Children and Bennett is Silent

By Batya Medad

"Only the wealthy won't feel Binyamin Netanyahu and Yair Lapid's latest budget cut."

News Briefs

Fire Destroys Bunkhouse at NY Camp for Kids with Cancer

By JTA

A fire at Camp Simcha, a camp  for children with cancer, destroyed one bunkhouse and damaged a newly built one. The fire was discovered when a counselor at the camp in Glen Spey, N.Y., woke up early Saturday morning and smelled smoke. The counselors evacuated the 15 residents of the cabin, including one camper in […]

News Briefs

Agudath Israel slams NJ Gay Therapy Law

By JTA

Agudath Israel of America condemned a New Jersey law prohibiting gay reparative therapy for minors as an infringement on religious freedom. The statement from Agudah came just hours after Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill barring licensed therapists from providing treatment to help gay teenagers become straight. “The new law tramples on the rights of […]

Israel / News Briefs

Israeli Children Get Cell Phones at Young Age, Survey Finds

By JTA

One in four Israeli children between the ages of 6 and 8 has their own cell phone, a new survey by the Israeli cell phone company Pelephone found. The number increases to one in three children for ages 9 to 11 and 91 percent for ages 12 to 14. Some 93 percent of the mothers […]

Emes Ve-Emunah

The Importance of Day Schools

By Harry Maryles

Parents who themselves have gone through the day school system recognize their value and no longer need convincing to send their children.

Marriage and Relationships

Bullying Must End!

By Dr. Yael Respler

There is a huge difference between standing up for oneself and retaliating against others.

Emes Ve-Emunah

When Good Children Go OTD

By Harry Maryles

I know families with an OTD child that are very right wing, moderate Charedi, and right wing Modern Orthodox.

Rebbetzin's Viewpoint

A Worried Wife And Mother

By Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis

Rebbetzin, I have seen families where cousins, aunts and uncles are not even invited to one another’s weddings.

Op-Eds

Living Respectfully among Non-Jews: an Open Letter to Jewish Parents

By Rabbis Yitzchok Adlerstein and Abraham Cooper

Across Europe, the lid has come off the demons repressed for a few decades after the Holocaust.

Emes Ve-Emunah

The Holocaust as an Expression of Kindness? Seriously?

By Harry Maryles

Rabbi Avigdor Miller did not want to publish this work during his lifetime. He felt that so soon after the Holocaust it would upset survivors

America's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

My Week in Israel with Dr. Oz

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Mehmet, perhaps the world’s most famous Muslim who is not a head of state, is a righteous and proud Ambassador of his faith and feels an innate kinship and brotherhood with the Jewish people.

A Soldier's Mother

For These We Weep

By Paula Stern

I have been searching for the answer to this question...who did they kill...those 104 we are about to release? I know of a mother and her three children; I know of a grandfather stabbed in the back. I don't know all the names but it is for these we weep today - once killed by […]

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / NY / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion

NY Haredi Children Protest IDF Service as ‘against Our Religion’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Did you know that a Jew serving in the IDF is against the religion of Jewish children in New York? And it’s okay to beat Haredi soldiers? No, you don’t. But we all know hatred destroyed the Holy Temple.

The Muqata

Tisha B'Av - The Children Are Ready. Are You? (Video)

By Jameel@Muqata

Are ready for the 9th of Av? The children are....

Israel / News Briefs / Obituaries

Rabbi Uzi Meshulam (60)

By Shalom Bear

Rabbi Uzi Meshulam (60) died on Friday afternoon. Meshulam was an activist who claimed that thousands of Yemenite babies were taken away from their families by the Israeli government when they were brought to Israel between 1948 and 1954 . Meshulam's activism escalated until it resulted in a standoff between Israeli police and Meshulam's followers […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Arab on Arab Rock Violence, and Stone Throwers Caught

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arabs mistakenly attacked an Arab car, and a group of Arab stone throwers were captured.

A Soldier's Mother

What Can Happen on a School Trip?

By Paula R. Stern

Scrambled air force jets shooting down a drone, an Arab attacking them with rocks are not the usual concerns with sending your children on a school trip.

A Soldier's Mother

From a Soldier's Mother to a Martyr's Mother

By Paula R. Stern

Mariam wanted her sons to die a glorious Jihad death, taking as many innocent lives as possible with him. If there was one thing Mariam was not, it was a mother.

Israel / Syria / Politics / News Briefs / Turkey / United Nations (UN)

UN to Adopt Syrian Text Damning Israel for 'Violating Human Rights'

By Jewish Press Staff

There will be five other resolutions targeting Israel, and about the same number combined covering the rest of the world.

Books / Jewish / US / News Briefs

LGBT Jews Excited About Kids' Purim Book With Two Dads

By Jewish Press Staff

In honor of the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim, gay news site Queerty is encouraging LGBT Jews to buy a new book featuring a Jewish boy with two fathers, the first of its kind to bring Judaism, children, and homosexuality together.

America's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

The Dangers of Favoring One Child Over Another

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

What is it about Jacob that he seemingly can’t stop the favoritism?

A Soldier's Mother

Settling Back to Quiet

By Paula R. Stern

May God forever bless us with these messy floors and children who never listen for the siren, never look where to hide.

A Soldier's Mother

Color Me Camel

By Paula R. Stern

In the diary of terror victim Tal Kehrmann, Tal's parents found a picture of a camel, but it had not been colored in...

Op-Eds

Stop Messing with our Children

By Nonie Darwish

The American political and social divides are trickling down to our schools and placing horrific pressure on our kids.

A Soldier's Mother

From Sandy Hook to Netiv Meir; from Maalot to Newton

By Paula R. Stern

What we understood in Ma'alot, we cannot comprehend in this tragedy. In Newton, we are lost.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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