Mother

In an extraordinary choice, Iris Haim refused to let Hamas claim another victim - opinion

Iris Haim, the mother of Yotam Haim, who was tragically shot by IDF troops after escaping from captivity in Gaza, inspires with the riveting upcoming film ’ Looking for Yotam’

|ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
Iris Haim, the mother of Yotam Haim, who was shot by IDF troops after escaping from captivity in Gaza.
Newborn breastfed babies usually nurse 10 to 12 times a day, and generally about every two hours from the start of one breastfeeding session to the start of the next

Exclusively breastfeeding infants linked to higher allergy rates in young children, study finds

Children who were exclusively breastfed had an 82% higher risk in the first year, 62% at age two, and 54% at age three.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
Avivit Myasnikov and her daughter

The problem almost no one talks about after childbirth – and the new solution coming to the market

Milk leakage during the night is a familiar phenomenon for many breastfeeding women. A new Israeli initiative seeks to offer a dedicated response that will allow mothers to sleep at night.

|ByMEITAL SHARABI
A FLEETING moment of calm: Shiri and her husband share a quiet exchange in the kitchen with their child, one of the ‘little things’ that hold a family together between deployments.

‘It’s the little things’: Israeli mother juggles war, parenthood as her husband serves

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: This article is the second in a series titled “HER,” an ongoing project by photojournalist Chen G. Schimmel, exploring the lives and inner worlds of the wives of Israeli soldiers.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

The choice to be child-free: Two Israeli women share thoughts, regrets on not having kids

Those who decide not to have children do so from a mosaic of different feelings, fears, considerations, pressures, and ideals. The Magazine sat down with two such women.

JUNE 23, 2025ByEVE YOUNG, SARAH BEN-NUN
An illustrative image of a woman drinking coffee.

A mother's covenant with the State: A call for action in protecting Israel’s soldiers - opinion

My son will soon be sent into Gaza. I know I have no control over what awaits him there.

JUNE 11, 2025ByJULIE GOLDSTEIN
A SOLDIER makes a greeting sign from a tank fitted with a protective canopy against drone attacks, near the Gaza border, in 2024.

'Conceived in Hope': The stories of biblical women and motherhood - review

'Conceived in Hope' highlights the stories of biblical women and their relationship to mothering.

MAY 18, 2025ByRIVKAH LAMBERT ADLER
MIRIAM WATCHES over her infant brother Moses as he floats downstream to Pharaoh’s palace, in this painting by Paul Delaroche.

Actress Amber Heard announces birth of twins in Mother’s Day post

Heard, 39, announced the birth of daughter Agnes and son Ocean on Instagram.

MAY 17, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Amber Heard leaves Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse after the jury announced split verdicts in favor of both her ex-husband Johnny Depp and Heard on their claim and counter-claim in the Depp v. Heard civil defamation trial at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S., June 1,

Female children may face greater emotional and immune challenges from prenatal stress, study finds

Maternal stress in late pregnancy may reprogram newborns’ stress and immune systems, researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem find.

APRIL 28, 2025ByABIGAIL RUBINSTEIN
Pregnant woman (illustrative)

Hey baby: A festive festival at Azrieli Negev Mall in Beersheba

Azrieli Negev Mall will open its doors on April 21 and 22 for a variety of activities for mothers and babies, including fascinating shows and lectures. And of course, everything is free of charge!

APRIL 13, 2025BySHEVA DAROM
Baby Festival on April 21 and 22

New Israeli comprehensive study examines massive physiological load of childbirth

During pregnancy, the mother’s cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, skeletal, metabolic, endocrine, and immune systems are all affected by fetal demand.

APRIL 6, 2025ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
PROF. URI ALON: Over the course of three years, we examined data on Israeli Jews and Arabs, ultra-Orthodox (haredi) and Bedouin women who give birth to large children.

Victims of Turkey's Kurdish militant conflict long for peace

The PKK conflict has killed more than 40,000 people since it began in 1984, leaving tens of thousands wounded, including Turkish security force members, militants, and civilians alike.

MARCH 31, 2025ByREUTERS
Syrian Kurds hold flags as they gather after Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms on Thursday, a move that could end its 40-year conflict with Ankara, in Hasakah, Syria February 27, 2025.

Hostage mother Ruhama Bohbot describes her suffering after seeing Hamas's video of son

Ruhama Bohbot, mother of hostage Elkana Bohbot, spoke with Netanyahu after Hamas released a video showing her son and another captive alive.

MARCH 26, 2025By103FM
Ruhama Bohbot holding a picture of her son, on a poster reading "Don't leave my son behind."

Stylish nursing chairs and baby girl clothes every mom should own

MARCH 23, 2025ByTAMI DEMSKY