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In this DMC, we’re talking with Dr. Leslie Leslie Ginsparg Klein about the history of the Bais Yaakov Movement, the lessons and legacy of Sarah Schenirer, and about girls education today. Dr. Klein is the Academic Dean of Women’s Institute of Torah Seminary &amp; College (correction: WITS is not affiliated with Maalot, as stated in the episode.) She speaks on Jewish history, Tanach, leadership and communication skills across the United States and internationally. Leslie received her Ph.D. from New York University, where she researched the history of Orthodox girls’ education in America and the Bais Yaakov movement, so she has a lot of insights to share with us on this topic. Here’s what we discuss in this episode:<ul>
<li>Leslie’s background and influences in her life which formed her passion for women’s education</li>
<li>How Leslie decided to pursue a PhD on a religious topic in a secular institution</li>
<li>Her favorite takeaways in her study of the Bais Yaakov movement</li>
<li>Sarah Schenirer’s leadership legacy for us all</li>
<li>The successes in today’s girls’ education that are in line with Sarah Shenirer’s legacy; what still needs improvement</li>
</ul> We’d love to hear from you. You can find Deep Meaningful Conversations on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, or you can email us at dmc@meaningfulminute.org. Show Notes:Dr. Klein’s website:<a href="https://www.lesliegklein.com/">https://www.lesliegklein.com/</a> WITS:<a href="https://www.wits.edu/">https://www.wits.edu/</a> Lesle’s book recommendations:-The Rebellion of the Daughters by Rachel Manekin-Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America by Melissa Klapper-Reading Jewish Women by Iris Parush- Any of the books by Eliana Adler

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Sarah Schenirer’s Legacy with Dr. Leslie Ginsparg-Klein

Love it or hate it (or some feeling in between), meal prep and cooking is a big part of our lives as frum women. Some of us are systems people, with our weekly menu plan and shopping list carefully constructed and executed. Others are more off the cuff, preparing meals that feel right at the moment, as needed (and praying that we have the ingredients already defrosted in our refrigerator!) In addition to cooking styles, some of us feel an inherent satisfaction and creativity in cooking, while others feel either intense dislike, or at the very least, that they have other better things to do. On today’s episode, we DMC with Esty Wolbe, “food entertainer” extraordinaire of Kosher.com, who shares her cooking journey and tips along the way to help us make our cooking more manageable, and enjoyable.  In our conversation with Esty, we discuss:<ul>
<li>What teenage Esty was like in her mom’s kitchen</li>
<li>How Esty’s career in cooking developed</li>
<li>Advice for women who dislike cooking</li>
<li>Tips to add life and motivation into the grind of meal prep</li>
<li>Esty’s favorite recipes and creative process</li>
</ul> We’d love to hear from you. You can find Deep Meaningful Conversations on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, or you can email us at dmc@meaningfulminute.org. Show notes: Esty’s amazing recipes shared in this episode! <a href="https://cookingwithtantrums.com/2017/01/ultimate-potato-kugel/">https://cookingwithtantrums.com/2017/01/ultimate-potato-kugel/</a> <a href="https://www.kosher.com/recipe/best-challah-ever-3236">https://www.kosher.com/recipe/best-challah-ever-3236</a> <a href="https://cookingwithtantrums.com/2016/05/chicken-and-rice/">https://cookingwithtantrums.com/2016/05/chicken-and-rice/</a> <a href="https://www.kosher.com/shows/video/1224/spaghetti-cheatballs">https://www.kosher.com/shows/video/1224/spaghetti-cheatballs</a> See you next episode!

How To Enjoy Cooking with Esty Wolbe

Parenting is all-encompassing and all-consuming, even if you’re not a helicopter parent. At the very bare minimum, we are tasked with keeping our offspring alive. Yet we also want to facilitate our children’s emotional, spiritual, psychological, physical, social and academic growth! And we very much don’t want to hinder their growth and development with our mistakes, missteps and full-blown fails. Enter Blimie Heller with her compassionate unconditional parenting approach, and parenting feels a lot more manageable. We’re grateful that Blimie shares her wisdom with us on this episode of DMC about how to be more compassionate towards our children in understanding the root of behaviors, as well as how to be more compassionate towards ourselves in our parenting journeys. In our conversation with Blimie, we discuss:<ul>
<li>what unconditional parenting is and how she discovered it</li>
<li>strengthening the parent/child relationship</li>
<li>the power of empathy in parenting</li>
<li>dealing with feelings of failure in parenting</li>
<li>how to see the root causes driving children’s behavior</li>
</ul> We’d love to hear from you. You can find Deep Meaningful Conversations on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, or you can email us at dmc@meaningfulminute.org. Show notes: Blimie’s website:<a href="https://www.blimieheller.com/">https://www.blimieheller.com/</a>On instagram as @unconditional_parenting Blimie’s book recommendations: Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn Hold On To Your Kids by Dr. Gordon NeufeldNon-Violent Communication by  Dr. Marshall Rosenberg

Unconditional Parenting with Blimie Heller

24 years ago during candlelighting erev Yom Kippur, Chanie Bochner made the decision that she wanted to help others who were going through the same struggle as she was. What started as a grass-roots effort to support couples experiencing infertility morphed into an international organization that to date, has helped bring over 10,000 babies into this world. For this episode, we have the honor of speaking with Chanie Bochner who founded Bonei Olam. Bonei Olam is a Jewish organization that provides millions of dollars annually in fertility treatment funding. They leave no stone unturned to help couples achieve the dream of parenthood. They also provide various levels of support to couples facing infertility, from medical referrals to counselor support. Bonei Olam is also the founder of the incredible V’zakeinu initiative that has almost 50,000 women donating a dollar at candlelighting to support couples infertility treatments. Chanie tells us about her personal journey and how she started Bonei Olam. By the end of today’s episode, we hope you walk away inspired by Chanie Bochner’s story and have a greater understanding and sensitivity to the experience of those who struggle with infertility. If you yourself struggle with infertility, we hope you gain chizuk from this conversation with the woman who has helped so many Jewish couples make their dream of parenthood come true. We also hope you appreciate Chanie’s comments about what she wants people to understand about the experience of couples facing infertility. We’d love to hear from you. You can find Deep Meaningful Conversations on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, or you can email us at dmc@meaningfulminute.org. Show notes: Bonei Olam’s website:<a href="https://www.boneiolam.org/">https://www.boneiolam.org/</a> V’zakeini initiative:<a href="https://www.boneiolam.org/vzakeini/">Vzakeini - A Project of Bonei Olam</a> Kesher Networks Shidduch Initiative:<a href="https://www.keshernetworks.org">https://www.keshernetworks.org/</a>

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