Mother

Campaign seeks to help mother of two continue life-saving cancer treatment

Supporters say Marina Ilyenko, 38, needs urgent financial help after funding for a critical drug was halted, leaving her family to face crushing monthly costs alone.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Marina Ilyenko, a 38-year-old mother of two with lung cancer
Hazel Brief, at left, and Tali Drori pose together at a OneFamily retreat in early 2026.

Israeli mothers mourn together after their sons survived the battlefield but not their wounds

The OneFamily program draws more than a dozen women, ranging from their early 40s to late 70s, all bereaved mothers of soldiers, except one whose son was killed at the Nova music festival.

|ByDEBORAH DANAN/JTA
An illustration of a mother feeding a baby a bottle of formula.

What a strand of hair may reveal about the bond between mother and child

Oxytocin levels can reflect long-term emotional connection, Ben-Gurion University study finds.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Israeli and Palestinian mothers belonging to the Women Wage Peace organization march for a political horizon to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Women Wage Peace to march barefoot through Rome for end to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

“Women are often told to wait, that it’s not the time to talk about it, to wait until the war is over - but the war is not over, it keeps coming back,” said Dr. Admi.

|ByESTHER DAVIS

Here's what not to say to a first-time mother

First-time moms are super sensitive and on edge because they’re exhausted and have a river of hormones running through them. There are certain things that shouldn’t be said to new moms.

JANUARY 14, 2022ByDANA AMAR
Mother with newborn baby in the nursing pillow

Breastfeeding: Dealing with separation

Words from the heart for mothers who have experienced difficulty and early separation from breastfeeding.

NOVEMBER 7, 2021ByDANIEL SARANSKY, IN COOPERATION WITH JAMA
Israeli women take part at a Mass Breastfeeding as they gathered at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on March 18, 2016, the idea was to promote women's right to breastfeeding their babies in public, March 18, 2016. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90

Parashat Toldot: The process and the goal

We can learn to appreciate the path to attaining our goals, seeing it as part of the fabric of life and not just as a means to reaching a destination.

NOVEMBER 4, 2021ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
‘Esau and Jacob reconcile,’ by Italian painter Francesco Hayez, 1844.

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after stabbing his mother

A woman in her 50s was found stabbed to death in Beit Shemesh on Friday. Her son has been taken in for questioning on suspicion of murder.

OCTOBER 22, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A member of the Israel Police Identification and Forensic Science department conducts an investigation, October 2021

Indian woman in her 60s gives birth to first child

Jivuben Valabhai Rabari, who is between 65 and 70 years old, volunteered to participate in an in-vitro fertilization (IVF).

OCTOBER 20, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jivuben Valabhai Rabari holds her newborn baby.

Meet the Anglo-Israeli mom providing support for journalists in Israel

Chillaxing over good wine, whisky and coffee.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
Photo: Laura Cornfield with her children Matan, Hila and Tal.

How to live life without regrets - opinion

I do believe that things happen for a reason, and I learned much from that moment. I hope that in the balancing act of life, the suggestions below are helpful for you.

AUGUST 5, 2021By DR. BATYA L. LUDMAN
I ESSENTIALLY went off to the delivery room with my briefcase in hand.

US Olympian Allyson Felix creates child-care grant for athlete-moms

A new grant will help mothers who are athletes face what the Women's Sports Foundation called one of the main obstacles facing these mothers - the expense of child care.

JULY 24, 2021ByEVE YOUNG
Jun 25, 2021; Eugene, OR, USA; Allyson Felix runs in a women's 200m semifinal during the US Olympic Team Trials at Hayward Field.

Olympics organizers tried to find solutions for breastfeeding moms

While, due to COVID-19 restrictions, only Games-related foreigners were initially allowed to enter Japan, organizers have now given the opportunity to athletes to have their children in Japan.

JULY 24, 2021ByREUTERS
The emblem of the Tokyo Olympics is displayed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office. A pause sign. 56 days until the opening of the Olympics. on May 28, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan

What it’s really like to be a working mother

Being a working mom, which all the guilt and challenges associated, isn't easy. But Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman wouldn’t want it any other way.

JULY 1, 2021ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
DOES EVERY working mother feel they need to be at work when they’re at home, and at home when they’re at work?