Mommash: The Oy & Joy of Family with Lori Fein

Mommash: The Oy & Joy of Family with Lori Fein

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  • 15a. Chana Jenny Weisberg full episode for Apple
    Hi Mommashers! Mommash is reposting this identical audio to the full episode 15 because of a technical quirk. Those who listened to the teaser on Apple did not get the extended audio when it was released, so this is the fix for those listeners. Those who listen on Spotify or other platforms should get the extended audio automatically. Hope you enjoy!
    1 hr
  • 15. Your Next Good Thing with Chana Jenny Weisberg, the Jewish Mom Dot Com!

    In this episode, Chana Jenny Weisberg, mother of eight, Jerusalem resident, blogger and business owner, reflects on her "next good thing" philosophy and how she stays on track to live her values day by day, even when they differ from what she thought they would be. We go deep on the internal conflicts raised by devoting your full time to parenting in a world of "what do you do" focus on one's professional achievements, and what Chana Jenny does to accept her own choices and support others in theirs. Plus, hear how a mother of ten turned twenty-five years of counseling her kids into a new career counseling cancer patients, taking baby steps to make great leaps forward, removing that "last straw" to lighten your load (or your kid's), meditating to mend relationships, sibling combat and closeness, finding new fulfillment in a new business, consistency as a super power, and how a woman she never met inspired her to change her life.


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    1 hr
  • 14. Mommash Special Father's Day Episode!
    In this Mommash Special Father's Day Episode, Lori drags...er...invites on Marty, her husband and partner in parenting crime. Marty talks about what he brings to the partnership, what he learned from his parents and grandparents, his favorite childhood activities (hint: saws and explosives), what he appreciates about his father now that he's tried out this parent thing himself, how his mom kept her kids in line (including how she practiced on her siblings), weekend mornings with soapy water in a pot and Mariachi music blasting, when mess is worth it, how his love of Israel relates to Johnny Cash, modeling social life, major impact of lazy Shabbat afternoons, how he parented differently between first and last kid, and why seeing his own face in his first baby was way better than he had imagined.
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    54 min
  • 13. Triplets Make You Want More Kids with Hannah Shekhter
    In this episode, STEM educator and mom to five (triplets plus two younger siblings) Hannah Shekhter talks about her own journey from a secular childhood with a single sibling to an orthodox mother of five, her husband's immigration from Russia after the fall of the USSR, and the values that guided them in building their family. We discuss the role of technology in kids' lives and how parents can keep it healthy, how to react when your growing kids choose paths you hadn't planned for, and when to embrace vs. advise against those changes. Plus, Lazy River mishaps, "leadership skills" based in bossing around your siblings, personality traits kids are born with, pros & cons of "cookie cutter" lives, respect for your own parents, successful (and unsuccessful) instruction in neatness, and how many scoops it took to get her kids to stay in the kiddie camp on vacation.
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    1 hr 6 min
  • Mommash #12: Fill Your Bucket with Jessica Chavi Cohen
    While wrangling with four kids, full time work, and municipal public service in Cleveland, Jessica Chavi Cohen felt her bucket could still be a little more full, so she went to law school (at night, still working) AND had a fifth kid before graduation. No big whoop. Jessica Chavi's boundless energy and positive outlook feeds her ambition to have a full family life without sacrificing professional and personal fulfillment, even with an eye to her hyper-impressive classmates (ever heard of Zuckerberg?). In this episode she shares the tough moments and the highlights, her evolving vision for her own goals, and how she weaves it all together (minus a few frayed edges), and why announcing her need to go pump was part of her plan to normalize women in the workplace. Plus, the toddler streaking through her law school zoom, issues of first impression in law and child rearing, why her 14 year old still has no phone, finding faith at Harvard, feeling the link to thousands year old traditions while facing today's issues, public office dreams, older kids fighting to change a sibling's diaper, and why she jumped back into the baby years well after ditching her other car seats.
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    1 hr
  • Mommash#11: Soulful Parenting with Malka Alweis
    This week on Mommash, Lori talks with Aleph Beta COO Malka Alweis of Teaneck, NJ, mother of three sons and three daughters, all age nine and under. Malka will blow you away with the soulful transformation she underwent at the birth of her oldest child, and how she brings her revelations to the task of developing her children's spirits, speaking their love languages, creating a child-centered home, and building a fun, supportive and spiritual home life. She shares her wisdom on how parents can tap into the unlimited potential we instinctively ascribe to our children to transform their families and themselves. Plus, creative and practical insights on systems for encouragement and discipline, sharing parenting tasks with your spouse, finding special time with each child, creating and then ditching routines, late bedtime for Shabbat, holidays and other adventures, fostering a spirit of partnership between parents and children, and between siblings, dealing differently with kids according to their personalities, limiting screen time to one night a week, developing kids' sense of agency, connecting young children to Jewish history, and how a single Chinese food lunch can lift the spirits for months.
    Got feedback? Know a fantastic mom (maybe you?) who should come on the show? Drop us a note in our [email protected] and let us know!
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    1 hr 4 min
  • Mommash #10: Month at Disney and Other Adventures with Mariela Markelis Dybner

    Argentine immigrant, activist, attorney, and adventurous mom to three daughters and twin sons, Mariela Markelis Dybner reflects on her priorities, choices, and how she turned a difficult episode into the memories of a lifetime by moving her troops to Disney for an entire month! Plus, delving into family history from Poland to Argentina via google and gravestones, forming a unique family identity, second thoughts at the urologist's office, attending work retreats with an entourage (ie toddler, baby, aupair), how attending Shabbat services builds your kids' community bonds, mothering as an ever evolving challenge, kids inspiring family change, and how your actions reveal your priorities in unexpected ways.


    We'd love to hear from you! Let us know your thoughts, suggest a friend or a topic, or come be a guest on the podcast yourself! Drop a note in [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you -- there's Mommash nothing like it!

    53 min
  • Mommash#9: Love Just Grows with Bethany Mandel

    Incisive, opinionated, unapologetic and brutally honest writer Bethany Mandel, co-author of Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation, is both fierce and loving when it comes to her four sons and two daughters. Also very, very funny. With stories about attending rock concerts at age seven, navigating an over-sharing, doctor-avoiding mom, and needing intervention to understand her "obnoxiously normal" husband, Bethany offers a raw, honest take on how her past has influenced her approach to parenting, how she decided to homeschool her tribe, how that has been a source of both freedom and stability, how keeping kosher and Shabbat sets boundaries her kids (almost) never question, how Full House and the Brady Bunch mimic real life, how delaying pain only magnifies it, the intersection of privilege and mental health, and why six kids is not nearly six times the work of one kid. Plus, the joys of a perfect dentist visit, a messy home, cereal for dinner, blowout birthday parties at the height of covid, affordable Jewish education, and her tactics for sibling rivalry and supermarket tantrums.

    Like us? Want to come on the show, or suggest a guest? Drop a note in our [email protected]! We value your feedback -- there's Mommash nothing like it!

    1 hr 1 min
  • Mommash #8: Invest in Your Future Family with Sarah Rindner Blum
    Sarah Rindner Blum, an author, literature professor, and mother to a "steps and stairs" family of seven children in twelve years, shares her insights on why having "one more kid" is worth the investment. Join us for deep reflections on how each child offers something unique and priceless, how different roles for mom and dad make it work, Israeli vs. American cultural attitudes toward children, why Shabbat is the center of her homemaking all week long, spontaneity versus planning, lots of candy, her semi-broken set of devices for her family, some favorite children's books, making literature a part of your family lore, her trash-into-treasures child, a mouse named Bob, having a home life different than you had imagined, why there's nothing like an American minivan, and why a Jewish mama only needs to cook once a week.
    We'd love to hear from you! Drop a note in [email protected]! If you or someone you know would like to come on the podcast, we'd especially love to hear your story -- There's Mommash Nothing Like it!
    1 hr 3 min

About Mommash: The Oy & Joy of Family with Lori Fein

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With five kids, Lori has spent years in the driver's seat of her mini-van and not only lived to tell the tales, but celebrate the journey. Joined by other parents of bigger broods, she shares the…