It’s the perfect day to stop and think about who we are as Jewish women–and the task that we have before us. By JUDITH GRUNFELD-ROSENBAUM Editor’s Note: Almost 30 years ago, when I was in elementary school, the 1995 Asifa on the 60th Yahrzeit of Sarah Schenirer a”h took place at the The Brooklyn Armory….
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From the Heart of a Mother of a Lone Soldier
BCP Contributor Alisa Avruch shares the emotions and experiences of being in the US and having a son in the IDF. On October 7th, I became the mom of a soldier at war. I used to be a regular Jewish mom like you. Focused on carpool, Amazon returns, and finding the perfect one-pan-dinner. Oh, and…
Download: Hebrew Names of Hostages for Davening
Danielle Renov @PeasLove&Carrots compiled a list of Hebrew names so you can daven. When we learned that Danielle was compiling a list of Hebrew names, we knew it was something we wanted to share with you. Please download, print, and send this list so we can continue to keep the hostages in our minds and…
On Dealing with Peer Pressure
What happens when we turn our feelings inwards instead? Discomfort Alert: This article draws attention to an inner dimension that isn’t initially pleasant for us to acknowledge. If you’re courageous enough to read until the end, you’ll walk away feeling hopeful and encouraged, having absorbed the whole picture of truth. “What’s going on here?” I…
This Chanukah: Feel Hashem’s Love in Your Heart
You know in your mind that He loves you. But you can really, really feel it in your heart too. We Klal Yisrael are called by a very special name in the Maoz Tzur composition—one that warms the heart, especially for us women: We’re called shoshanim, roses. Uminosar kankanim na’asah neis lashoshanim. This fragrant flower…
8 Ways: You Are the One Who Lights Up This World
Small acts, and big acts, all those little things that you do bring warmth and happiness to this world. Read below and recognize the good that you do and have potential to do, every single day. The little lights flicker in our windows, bringing us back to a time where the world had gone dark…
Tehillim: The Hours of 6PM – 10PM are Crucial
It’s during the dark hours of the night, when Eretz Yisrael is sleeping, that the soldiers are undertaking their most dangerous missions. And they reached out, to us in America, where people are still awake, to protect them with our tefillos. With tremendous mesiras nefesh, they battle, but they know where their true strength lies….
Yes, You Can Live Your Life–with Gratitude
For Yidden, the “slap” ushers in the song of connection and gratitude to Hashem. Over the past half year or so, I had the tremendous pleasure and merit of teaching a series on Mesilas Yesharim on the Inspire By Wire phone line, titled “Journey Inward.” Over the spring and summer months, we moved through the…
4 Things Our Grandmothers Taught Us
It might be just one sentence. But they’re sentences that have impacted our lives. So, we have a few lines to share. And though the content in this post might be short, it doesn’t mean it’s less important. To the contrary. Below are some things grandmothers of BCP team members shared with us: My grandmother…
Update #4 – From Yerushalayim: A Jewish Mother’s Journal
An Ongoing Series: Tune into the thoughts and feelings of one mother of young children in Jerusalem. Editor’s Note: When Elisheva approached us with the desire to write a journal, a couple times per week, on her thoughts, feelings, and experiences as a young mother in Yerushalayim, we said yes. Like we wrote in this…
