Jewish parenting

Paul Morgan-Bentley, author of 'The Equal Parent,' left, with son Solly and husband Robin. (Courtesy)

Pride month

These Jewish gay dads show how parenting benefits from a shifting division of labor

In ‘The Equal Parent,’ UK author Paul Morgan-Bentley argues that parents are already sharing the load in rearing kids, which is great for families – now society needs to adapt, too

June 26, 2023, 3:02 am

These Jewish gay dads show how parenting benefits from a shifting division of labor

In ‘The Equal Parent,’ UK author Paul Morgan-Bentley argues that parents are already sharing the load in rearing kids, which is great for families – now society needs to adapt, too

By Robert Philpot

Clinical social worker and writer Carla Naumburg, author of 'You Are Not a Shitty Parent' (Courtesy)

December 9, 2022, 1:38 pm

Podcast: Parents need to give themselves a break, says self-help writer

Clinical social worker Carla Naumburg speaks about her latest book, ‘You Are Not a Shitty Parent,’ a self-compassion primer and guide

By Jessica Steinberg

Dasee Berkowitz, center, director of Ayeka's Soulful Parenting program and author of 'Becoming a Soulful Parent' (Courtesy Ayeka)

March 9, 2021, 3:03 am

A parenting book taps into the soulful side of raising a family

Dasee Berkowitz lays out a gentler, more spiritual path to bringing up children, an outgrowth of a popular program pioneered by educational organization Ayeka

By Jessica Steinberg

Parenting guru Einat Nathan, author of 'My Everything: The Parent I Want to Be, the Children I Hope to Raise.' (Adi Orni)

February 11, 2021, 3:44 pm

PODCAST: For Family Day, a schmooze with Israeli parenting guru Einat Nathan

Her approach: Go back to basics and allow children to deal with pain and work out their own problems, while supported by ‘reliable, relaxed parents — that are present’

By ToI Staff

From left to right: Leah Schapira, Esti Waldman, Victoria Dwek, Shaindy Menzer, and Renee Muller are the women of Between Carpools. (ESTIphotography for Between Carpools)

January 17, 2021, 1:05 am

These US Orthodox women bloggers prefer not to be seen, but are very much heard

5 mothers in the NY area cast aside gossip and politics to focus on Jewish lifestyle. Though they don’t reveal their faces, their thousands of followers prove the recipe is working

By Cathryn J. Prince

Boston Jewish community teens. (Courtesy of Jewish Teen Initiative of Boston)

May 27, 2020, 3:39 pm

Virtual initiative promotes teen well-being, mental health in COVID-19 crisis

Families face multiple challenges as they shelter in place together for months and the busy lives of adolescent children are put on hold indefinitely

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Bethany Mandel (left) and Jordana Horn join The Times of Israel Podcast for Mother's Day. (Courtesy)

May 10, 2020, 1:00 pm

LISTEN: Three moms of a total of 16 children talk parenting under coronavirus

Conservative columnist Bethany Mandel speaks about homeschooling, while ‘Call Your Mother’ podcaster Jordana Horn counts the days till school comes back

By ToI Staff

When he's not working from home, Simmy Cohen keeps himself busy chanting classic children's books to Torah trope. (Screenshot from Twitter/Courtesy of Cohen/ via JTA)

April 22, 2020, 1:28 pm

Dad’s Torah reading of ‘Goodnight Moon’ goes viral

Cooped up at home, New York dad Simmy Cohen does some creative parenting — and racks up 40,000 Twitter views with his Jewish spin on a children’s classic

By Shira Hanau

'Jacob on the eve of his 5th birthday, right before we began our advocacy, so that he and other transgender children could grow up in a world that understands and accepts them.' (Courtesy of Mimi Lemay/via JTA)

November 29, 2019, 1:40 am

Mimi Lemay wants you to understand the reality of raising a trans son

‘What We Will Become’ continues a popular essay by a mom learning to affirm her transgender child, while also detailing her journey away from ultra-Orthodoxy

By Emily Burack

Jordana Horn, left, and Shannon Sarna are the hosts of a new podcast about Jewish parenting. (Marissa Roer/via JTA)

March 8, 2019, 9:14 pm

‘Call Your Mother’: A new podcast gets real about raising Jewish kids today

Co-hosts celebrate — with poop-filled honesty — the challenges and successes of 21st century parenting through insight from notable guests

By Josefin Dolsten

July 22, 2018, 12:10 pm

Emunah Fialkoff

Tisha B’Av made simple, for kids and their parents

My Duplo-loving son knows what it means to build, and he understood the destruction of God’s house immediately

July 16, 2018, 12:48 pm

Romi Sussman

When summer travel is more than vacation

Why my children carried their Israeli flags around the world, and what they learned

June 22, 2018, 2:44 pm

Mara Benjamin

The desecration at the US border

Separating parents and children severs the cord tethering people to their own humanity and to God

June 12, 2018, 3:21 pm

Judith Colp Rubin

I can’t let my family history repeat itself

My son’s yeshiva education contradicts everything I know, except my desire for his happiness

April 27, 2018, 2:06 pm

Rebecca Weisman

Our children have eyes on us

Model the commitment you want the kids to actualize to go the distance with the causes they choose