I changed the title because it was misleading; someone from the police leaked the transcript.Below is Part II of Maariv transcript of interrogation with hyper-modest mother of 12, in jail after being indicted for child abuse. Introduction; Part I.By Shmuel Mittelman and Ami ben David. … [Read more...]
Keren interrogation, Part I
May 4, 2008 by
I changed the title; the article is a transcript of the interrogation and was leaked to Maariv. The hyper-modest mother of 12 is in jail after being indicted for child abuse. Introduction is here. Part II.By Shmuel Mittelman and Ami ben David. 4/5/2008The detailed statements of the mother in her … [Read more...]
Keren interrogation transcript–selected quotes
May 4, 2008 by
Here are the highlights of the Maariv article, containing a leaked transcript of the interrogation with the hyper-modest mother of 12 accused of child abuse.“I’m careful to hit only after I’m calm”"The mother from Beit Shemesh denies that her children had sexual relations or that she abused them. … [Read more...]
Bruria Keren in the news again
May 4, 2008 by
The veiled mother of 12 from Beit Shemesh, accused of abusing six of her twelve children, is in the headlines after after agreeing to interviews with reporters. Below is the text of the Ynet (Yediot) account in English There is also an extensive Maariv interview in Hebrew; I translated the first … [Read more...]
Holocaust Remembrance Day: One Family’s Story
May 1, 2008 by
In honor of Holocaust Memorial Day, I'll share with you a section from a book about daily life in my father's shtetl. The book is called Memories of Ozarov, by Hillel Adler. Second-generation survivors owe a great debt to authors such as Adler, who died in 1996. In addition to this (possibly … [Read more...]
Rashi’s Daughters, Book I: Jocheved
April 30, 2008 by
My friend, who ordered Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Jocheved by Maggie Anton for our book club, asked me to read it and tell her my thoughts. Not having read any reviews I didn't know what to expect.Anton introduces us to the life of the renowned classical Biblical and Talmudic commentator Rabbi … [Read more...]
Why There Is a Matzah Shortage
April 25, 2008 by
We have been hearing about the undersupply of matzah in the US, and couldn't find any in the store this morning here either. We could have scraped through our (one day--I can't help rubbing it in again) of Yom Tov but managed to scrounge some extra from friends. I figure someone got smart and and … [Read more...]
We don’t even remember. . .
April 16, 2008 by
West Bank Mama wrote about her favorite parts of Pesach. I think mine might be the end of the first day, after Yom Tov is over and I realize I don't have to make another seder.After I wrote my last post it occurred to me that we must have had two sedarim the year my son was born in New York, so I … [Read more...]
Keeping Kids Interested in the Seder
April 16, 2008 by
Received via a community email list:We'd like to keep our 4- and 6-year-olds alert and excited for as long as possible during the seder. Acting out parts of the haggada has been suggested but we're drawing a blank on how to do this realistically yet without delaying the proceedings too much. Has … [Read more...]
Pesach Crisis Cleaning Checklist
April 13, 2008 by
Image by Eugene of Norway via Flickr When it comes to Passover I don't like to talk about where I'm "holding," because I don't want to hear that my neighbor has set her seder table while my house looks like a tornado ran through it. But those who are inspired by others' progress should look … [Read more...]
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