(October 5, 2012 at 3:02 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: No, I was raised by a Jewish mother who rarely yelled - except at my father - just glowered in such a way that made you want to dig your own grave.
I've long seen Jewish mothers (and Italian mothers) as formidable familial matriarchs. Of course, that's purely from TV/film dramatisations. Not many of either of those in my neck of the woods.



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