Who is the Jewish mother?
The butt of age old jokes (Q: How many Jewish mothers does it take to change a light bulb? A : Forget it, I`ll just sit in the dark). But what is it about the innate character of the Jewish mother? Are the clichés and jokes deserved – from the paranoia and over feeding to the unstoppable desire to mother (and smother) in order to make the world a happier place?. As three women who have been nurtured by Jewish mothers (and are now Jewish mothers ourselves) we celebrate the good bits – and cringe a little at the other bits.
