Jewish Blogs

A Fun Memo Pad Drawing Exercise To Get The Creative Juices Flowing!

For many children, drawing of any kind can be a wonderful and creative experience, and as parent I get particularly excited when a see a child using drawing to tell personal stories. Unfortunately we see this most often in pre-school and kindergarten children, with that creativity disappearing as children learn new things and are influenced by their peers. Fortunately there ...

A Five Minute DIY Decor Project: A Square Crepe Paper Flower Wreath!

If you’ve got some Mexican crepe paper flowers on hand, and a simple square frame…..well then you’re in business! In just a few minutes you can create a fun little decorative piece to add a shot of color to your dresser top or any of those newly spick and span corners of your home. Simply wrap the wire stems of your flowers ...

A First Bead Weaving Project…..Make A Keychain!

Got some plastic pony beads? Some lanyard cord or even a bit of string of some kind? You can introduce your kids (as young as four, possibly) to weaving with beads! My five year old son only partially got the hang of it, but I’m hoping that this is just the first of many key-chains to come. (Don’t tell anyone, ...

A Few Noshes to Tide You Over

I don’t know how the observant balabustas do it. Several J-mamas posted this photo on Facebook, and even our heretic family can totally relate. Too many holidays, too little time…and so much going in the (and my) Jewish world.I’m having hard enough time getting a full meal on the table, so you, like my family, are going to have to ...

A Fashionless Rosh Hashanah

I’m pretty sure that “fashionless” is not a real word. Even Microsoft Word is telling me so. On to the news of the day. New York Fashion Week is a big deal, or so I’m told. It’s the place to be in the city and there are tons of shows from the biggest designers to the up and comers, or ...

A Different Path For Women’s Torah Learning

They mourned when Shira Smiles traded the hills of Hollywood for the heights of Ramat Beit Shemesh, leaving behind a small army of ardent followers. They kept up the connection through a regular video feed. Now, they have one more way to stay in touch with their beloved teacher. Feldheim has published Torah Tapestries, her new sefer on Bereishis.If you ...

A Different Night For LiLo

Hopefully, you’re like me and the first website you check in the morning is TMZ. You never know, something big might have happened to a member of the Kardashian family while I was asleep.And if you are like me, you would have already seen this video from today featuring TMZ’s favorite celebrity, Lindsay Lohan. Lilo has been in a bit ...

A Detroit Jewish Nonprofit Competes in Facebook Contest to Win $250,000

Thousands in Metro Detroit’s Jewish community have been flocking to Home Depot’s Facebook page in recent weeks. No, they are not all interested in becoming fans of the national retail giant. They are simply trying to help a local social service agency win $250,000 from the Home Depot Foundation.Jewish Family Service in Michigan was one of 12 nonprofits around the ...

A DARK DAY IN KLAL YISRAEL

An Open Letter By TheCoolJew.com Editor: Its 6:30 AM, I have slept very little. My Blackberry has been by my side all night, I am constantly walking up to check through the latest twitter posts. When I awoke a few minutes ago my heart sank when I read from people on the scene that Leiby was found dead. As I ...

A Creative And Inspiring Container Garden

Does this appeal to you? I’ve been keeping my eye on this tiny oasis for some time now and finally had a chance to take a few photos. There’s just something so inspiring about this combination of recycled containers, interesting plant choices and the fact that this container garden was created right on the street! (Only in Israel, but you ...

A Couple Who Could Use a Ketubah

I find ketubahs to be pretty non-romantic. They’re basically glorified prenuptial agreements, so it seems weird to paint flowers all over them and display them in your bedroom. But for some people, pre-nuptial agreements seem completely appropriate, and so for those people, I’m totally pro-ketubah. And by some-people, I mean Prince William and Kate Middleton.A British-born Israeli artist has apparently ...

A College Education?

I’ve seen many comments in response to “Sam Smith’s” “Financial Realities in the Frum World” that talk about the undesirability of sending one’s kids to public schools. Specifically, part of Alter Klein’s comment #169 stood out to me: “If we send our kids to public school it is like offering them up as korbonot (sacrifices). Yes, they could turn out ...