no such thing as munchenhausen

Saw this plastered on the pashkevilim in Yerushalayim yesterday;

Professor Ester Hertzog from the prestigious Beit Berel institute
(not known to be to pro-Chareidi, to say the least
(Beit Berel that is; I'm unaware of Professor's Hertzog's views))
claims that recent studies in England prove that
there is no such thing as munchenhausen syndrome by proxy!

Now - what does that say about our medical system?

Israeli society seems slow to learn.

If in England it has been disproved, then why do the Israeli's still hold of it?

don't curse the chareidim

Ynet has an interesting & positive article about all the chessed in the Chareidi community: don't curse the chareidim .

[Article is in Hebrew. It probably is also translated to English; If you have a link, post it in the comments.]

equal-opportunity corruption

"It's nice to see people from different religious and ethnic backgrounds working so closely for corruption and fraud. Syrian Jews, Italian Americans, Afro-American, Hispanics ... it's equal-opportunity corruption".

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1102897.html regarding the massive money-laundering and illegal organ trading case that broke out this week.

more to come...

a new blog on the munchausen mom

http://meidaamiti.blogspot.com/

Chareidi mother - a different angle

Tsofar has a different angle on the story of the Chareidi mother who allegdly starved her son.

What's the truth?

cool pdf search engine

As a developer, I'm constantly in the pursue of documentation & software development related reading material.
I just came upon a cool pdf search engine.
I was a little suspicious - I was sure that once I found what I'm looking for, a little (or big) pop-up would come up asking for money.
But lo & behold, it's a free service!
I'm bookmarking this one!

Latest Chareidi Protest

I, for one, am embarrassed by the violent protest, and by the protesters.

Yes, I see myself as Chareidi. But I believe that there is a more socialized way to protest. (If there is at all a reason to protest - and I'm not sure about that either.)

I am embarrassed by their behaviour. I think it paints us all black & negatively.

On the other hand, I can see sometimes an advantage to there way of protest.
Take the case of Meirav Vizel z"l - the young mother of 38 from Elad, who perished a week ago, unexpectedly. The last Mishpocha edition had it that the police officer refused to release the body for burial, until he heard that two bus-full of Chareidi protesters are on their way from Yerushalayim & Bet-shemesh.