Lifestyle, Motherhood, and Small Inspirations
Again, so happy to be back to Modest Jerusalem. Today I want to share with you some of my favorite, natural and local health and beauty products that I have discovered over the past 6.5 years in Jerusalem. When it comes to health & beauty products, in recent years I have tried to go the …
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Hi to all my readers, it is so nice to be back to Modest Jerusalem. The feature image above is my amateur attempt at Jewish Deli Cookies, but I will first try to make you smile with the more beautiful and professional cookies below, before I backtrack on the past few months. Of course, in …
Happy Monday. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer holidays. This is my first blog post in a few weeks. We had a small crisis in our family but thank gd things are much better and we are getting back to ourselves. I put together a short playlist of our favorite Hebrew children's songs. Whether …
This is my "go to" cake for all occasions. I make it almost every Shabbat. I bring it to friends after they give birth. I bring it to various events at people's homes. It is always a favorite and because it has a base of plain yogurt, it can have endless variations. This cake is …
Modest Jerusalem is launching a series of personal essays from friends and other women from Israel and around the world, who have inspirational stories covering a variety of topics. Kicking off this series is a dear friend and former colleague of mine, Juli Kristof, who was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary. She made Aliyah to Israel …
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There are many reasons to make your own All-Purpose House Cleaner. Financial reasons, wanting to green up your house, limit your bleach usage, to protect your kids from being exposed regularly to chemicals in the house, and many others. I want to first mention that I am not against bleach and I do clean my …
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I recently visited a friend who just gave birth and in addition to bringing her these Moroccan Halva Cookies to snack on between feeds, I made sure to go to Anise and buy her Yogi's Women's Tea. When I was pregnant with my second son Natan, although I was drinking my daily dose of raspberry …
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Don't all mothers love when you can combine an afternoon activity that you and your kids can really enjoy together? And that is close by and free of charge? Meet The Reading Stations at HaMoshava and Gonenim. On the Park HaMesila (Train Track Park), which I talk about all time, close to both Emek Refaim …
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I wish this post existed when I was pregnant with my first, Ovadia, who is now 3. I was searching online in English for prenatal yoga in Jerusalem, as it's common on the lifestyle/motherhood blogs I was reading from the U.S. to hear about the variety of benefits of prenatal yoga's relaxation, breathing, and birthing techniques. …
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Back in the day, a trip for me and my husband, or even for each of us before we were married had many conditions....minimally needed to be abroad! And for me, I loved far away, long flights and a developing country preferably. But of course, as all my fellow parents here know, once the family …
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