Mother

2025’s ‘Persons of the Year’: Israeli mothers - opinion

Beyond the statistics, Israeli mothers’ everyday poetry and superhuman courage perpetually inspire.

 SERENA KALISH (pictured) gave birth to her fourth child during a weekend filled with missile-warning sirens and uncertainty. The night of her delivery, sirens rang through the halls of the Shaare Zedek Medical Center as Iranian missiles were intercepted overhead.
A pregnant woman checks her blood sugar levels; illustrative.

Scientists find hidden placental changes linked to gestational diabetes

THE WRITER stands between survivors Maya (right) and Amit. Share the stories of Kfar Aza’s mothers, the writer urges.

Miracles from Kfar Aza: The mothers the world must not forget - opinion

 From the movie, 'Once Upon My Mother'

New French film reimagines the Jewish mother archetype through a Moroccan Mizrahi lens - review


Every day is Mother's Day - opinion

Even when you are a mother yourself, or a grandmother – or in my case, a great-grandmother – her memory never leaves you, and her influence in your life is beyond calculation.

 THE WRITER (2nd L) with some of her many children, grandchildren and great-children.

Global push to tackle maternal and newborn deaths has stalled, WHO report finds

The COVID-19 pandemic, poverty, and various humanitarian crises worldwide have exacerbated the problem.

 A woman and a baby.

Tel Aviv teacher says she was run over by student's mother after school hours

Following the serious incident, the Education Ministry announced that classes at the school where the teacher works will begin this coming Sunday at 10:00 a.m.

 A CLASSROOM at a Tel Aviv school is empty due to a strike called by the Teachers’ Union.

Treat your mom to this $45 shipped bouquet of stunning daylilies

Who doesn't love flowers? Win Mother's Day with this eye-catching bouquet of daylilies.


What a mother of an IDF special forces soldier would like to tell you - opinion

I can’t tell you about the relief when your son finally gets to the end of his service - but I can tell you how proud I am of him.

 IDF special forces map the house of the terrorist who killed three Israelis in a terror attack, April 9, 2022.

Chabad woman passes away after attempting to save daughter from drowning

Henya passed away at the age of 40, two months after her youngest daughter fell into the water at the docks.

 Henya Fetterman surrounded by her family.

I am a single rabbi without children. I shouldn’t be made to feel I am not ‘doing my part’

We should celebrate the role and value of an individual within a community with no correlation to the number of children they raise.

Paper dolls symbolizing isolation from a community

The IDF's biggest fear isn't Iran, war, terror: It's Jewish moms - opinion

That’s what makes the IDF so different. They don’t care about your resume, your background or even if you speak Hebrew. Only a Jewish mom can help make a difference.

 THE WRITER takes part in military basic training.

COVID increases risk of maternal death - study

Pregnant people who get COVID at any stage are not only at a greater risk for maternal death, but they also are more likely to need care in an ICU.

 Pregnant woman (illustrative)

Grapevine December 18, 2022: Crossing redlines

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 JEWISH MOTHERS from different countries meet in Israel under the Momentum banner.