Meredith and Sofie Jacobs have been sharing a journal since Sofie was nine. They created this fun, fresh volume to help other moms and daughters get to know each other in a whole new way. Advice and thoughtful writing prompts pave the way to discussing everything from friends and school to crushes and growing up. Also includes pages for drawing pictures and making lists and plenty of free space for writing about whatever comes to mind. With perspectives from both generations and a hip look, this one-of-a-kind journal is a surefire hit with moms and girls alike!
Meredith Jacobs is author of The Modern Jewish Mom's Guide to Shabbat: Connect and Celebrate--Bring Your Family Together with the Friday Night Meal (HarperCollins) and Just Between Us: a no-stress, no-rules journal for girls and their moms (Chronicle Books, Spring 2010) that she co-authored with her daughter, Sofie. She is co-founder and editor of www.ModernJewishMom.com.
Jacobs is the host of "Modern Jewish Mom" (The Jewish Channel) and "Connecting Family" on WYPR 88.1 fm (NPR in Baltimore, MD). She blogs "Living Jewish with Meredith Jacobs" for Jewish Woman magazine and "Friday is Family" for Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. She stars in Beliefnet.com's online series "Faith in the Family, was the host of "Modern Jewish Mom" for XM's Radio Hanukkah and helped host DC101's "Jew Rock Marathon".
Her monthly parenting columns appear in The Baltimore Jewish Times. She has written for many Jewish publications including JewishLiving, Jewcy.com, 614, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, JTA and Jewish Woman and has been interviewed for her perspective as a Jewish mom for articles in such publications as Parents, Parenting and The Forward and was featured for her challah baking in the September 2009 issue of First for Women magazine. She is the Director of Family Programming for Sixth & I Historic Synagogue and facilitator for the Washington, D.C. Mother's Circle (for non-Jewish women raising Jewish children). Excerpts from her writings are used in the "Student Reader" textbook for Hebrew University's Florence Melton Mini-School Parenting Education Program (PEP). Jacobs speaks to various women's and Jewish groups across the country and has been seen cooking potato latkes and matzo balls on TV (including NBC's "In the Loop with iVillage") and is a frequent guest on WUSA-TV's 9NewsNow.
Jacobs remains involved with the Jewish community as a member of the Boards of Trustees of Jewish Women International (JWI) and the Jewish Outreach Institute (JOI).
Most significantly, Jacobs is wife to Jonathan and mother to Sofie and Jules.
