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‘It’s the little things’: Israeli mother juggles war, parenthood as her husband serves

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: This article is the second in a series titled “HER,” an ongoing project by photojournalist Chen G. Schimmel, exploring the lives and inner worlds of the wives of Israeli soldiers.

A FLEETING moment of calm: Shiri and her husband share a quiet exchange in the kitchen with their child, one of the ‘little things’ that hold a family together between deployments.
Marina Ilyenko, a 38-year-old mother of two with lung cancer

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

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

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


Closing my eyes for the bad parts: A mother’s reflections a year after Oct. 7 - opinion

For days, my stomach felt twisted and tight; it was hard to breathe, and I knew I had to close my eyes – because if I looked, how could I continue to believe in humanity?

 A southern shelter where Israelis were murdered on Oct. 7.

Photoshoots separated Amit Farkash from baby girl for a month

Dream opportunity led Amit Parkash apart from her 5-month-old daughter Anna for a month. In a chat with Yarden Harel, she shares her support system and strategies for managing motherhood and work.

  There's nothing like gentle bouncing on the ball to calm a gassy baby

'Mothers for Mothers: Strengthening reserve families after war'

'Supporting new mothers in reserve families impacted by war through 'Mothers for Mothers' initiative by Materna, the anchor association, and Yami cooks.'

  Mothers for mothers: strengthening the reserve families that expanded in the shadow of the war

 Mother, how will you prepare for a second child?

How will I manage to love another child and what about the feelings of guilt? Get to know the thoughts that appear in mothers who are about to give birth for the second time.


Babies in the womb exposed to two languages hear speech differently when born, study finds

“Our data show that prenatal language exposure modulates the neural encoding of speech sounds as measured at birth," researchers said.

 An embryo week 9-10

Online VR applications can be a privacy threat for kids and most parents are unaware of it

Parents largely unaware of security risks in children's VR app use. Study reveals concerns of physiological effects, privacy, but limited use of parental controls.

Girl wearing phone VR goggles. Uploaded on 8/5/2024

Technion opens 18 new nursing rooms for mothers in academics

“The welcome growth in the number of women studying at the Technion means that it is all the more important to provide the new mothers among them with suitable and respectful conditions for nursing."

 Doctoral student Keren Or Greenberg in the Ulman Building’s new nursing room

Why parents should avoid transferring saliva into their baby's mouth - study

An adult’s mouth is full of a large variety of bacteria and fungi, including harmful pathogens like Candida albicans. 

 Mothers with high levels of dental plaque are eight times more likely to transfer candida albicans, involved in tooth decay, to their babies, underlining the n

Coping with postpartum depression after Oct. 7

New mothers, like most parents in Israel, felt all through October that evil had been unleashed, and no sight was void of it. 

 Children's toys and personal items lie on the bloodstained floor of a child's bedroom, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel October 17, 2023.

Wife of husband in reserves gives hope to those at home during the war

Talya Tomer-Schlesinger found herself alone with three children while her husband was in reserves,  so she wrote a book to help children and families talk about their fears.

 THE COVER of ‘Family in Reserves.’