Tag: Infertility

Biggest Concerns About Fertility Treatments

Many options fill the list of concerns for people facing infertility: emotional stability, how to choose treatment, which doctor to choose, social pressure, spiritual crisis, stigma, fear treatment will not work, physical effects of treatment, marital issues, balancing work with treatment, and of course how to pay for the treatment. All of these are very […]

Father’s Day

For Father’s Day, Hasidah is thinking of those who may not be celebrating. Some have lost children or fathers, some may have complicated relationships, and others are struggling to become fathers. Av Harachamim, Compassionate Father, we are grateful for fathers and father figures in our lives and for the blessings they share that reflect your […]

To Do And Not To Do (#NIAW 2)

Lists. We love the top 10 lists, the 5 most important lists. These lists are neither. They are simply important yet basic things to know. So they are a place to start.  In fact, we’d love it if you suggested more. Please do. Ways to support someone experiencing infertility 1) Tell them you care. Whatever […]

Crowdfunding for Baby – Should we do it?

Hasidah is fundraising to help Jewish babies be born. We get the questions posed in this Crowdfunding Babies article a lot. The Jewish community funds camps, day schools, trips to Israel, children’s books, community gardens, learning programs, film festivals, guest speakers, musical performance, etc, etc, etc. It seems that having a Jewish child is a […]

Passover and Infertility, Charoset and Apples

Early in the Exodus story Pharoah’s decreed hard labor for the Children of Israel and that their baby girls may live but their baby boys may not. Despite this harsh reality, they continued to have children. The Midrash teaches that this is connected to apples. The women would take their husbands to the fields to […]

Fashion Blunder – D&G and the Synthetic Babies

Recently Dolce & Gabbana made some comments that were less than kind to the ears of anyone who has struggled to have a child. Make that anyone who thought about parenting, appreciates parenting, is a parent, has a parent. Add in anyone who cares about having babies or appreciates children. Make that just anyone. Dolce […]

Supporting Berkeley Community

Rabbi Idit Solomon spoke recently at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley. Giving a drash about the Torah portion “Toldot” that begins with a brief mention of  Isaac and Rebekah struggling to conceive, Rabbi Solomon showed how we often miss the significance of infertility in the lives of men and how it can cause a person […]

How to support someone experiencing infertility

Many articles are written about what to say and what not to say to someone experiencing infertility. Sadly so many of the “what to say” lists get it mostly right and then there is that one piece of advice that just does not fly.  Here is one list that holds strong because it is nuanced […]

Hasidah Receives Giving Circle Grant

Hasidah is thrilled to be among the first grant recipients from the Tmicha (Hebrew for support) giving circle. Giving circles are a new trend in philanthropic giving where groups of people work together to make a larger impact through a shared giving process.  Kol hakavod (more power to you!) to our partners Priya and The […]