Mother's Day

This Mother’s Day, Let’s Fight for Black Moms

Jena Prystowsky

May 4, 2021

When my husband and I learned that we were going to be parents, we wondered how the actual birth would go. We had heard some devastating statistics about the maternal mortality rate in the United States. Black women in the United States die from pregnancy-related causes at three to four times the rate of white women, regardless of education, income, or other socioeconomic factors.

Secular Holidays

Being a Mom in an All-Woman Family

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

May 3, 2021

June and her partner, Betsy, adopted two girls from Guatemala and raised them together until Betsy died of cancer four years ago. June talked with me about the great joy she felt in fulfilling her dream of becoming a mom and the challenges she and her teenage daughters faced after suffering such a tremendous loss.

Adult hands cupping a childs hands holding a red plastic heart atop a blue wooden table

Jewish Values

13 Jewish Stories about Moms for Mother’s Day

Kate Bigam Kaput

This Mother’s Day, we’ve rounded up a few of our favorite stories about moms to share with you. We hope you’ll read them, enjoy them, relate to them, comment on them, and maybe share stories of your own mothers. Happy Mother’s Day!

The author poses for a smiling photo with his elderly mother

Parenting

A Mother’s Day Interview with My 99-Year-Old Mother, a Holocaust Survivor

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

May 6, 2020

This is the third year in row that I’ve interviewed my mother, Adela, a Holocaust survivor, for Mother’s Day. In our 2018 and 2019 interviews, she revealed memories that she’d previously kept to herself, like the last time she saw her own mother.

Close up of a book with a turned page formed into the shape of a heart

Parenting

For Mother's Day in Quarantine, I'm Revisiting Jewish Mother-Daughter Memoirs

Babette Dunkelgrün (JTA)

May 6, 2020

For Mother’s Day this year, I’m revisiting memoirs that have provided comfort through their relatability over the years. My life isn’t exactly like those of my beloved memoir writers, but so many details and stories ring true, almost bringing me back to being in close proximity to my mom.