Wow Health…really? I thought better of you. After spending post after post saying how her book is full of lies (and that’s she’s a horrible person, etc etc), you chose to use THAT line as a proof? Really?
I thought better of you. Let’s take it apart, shall we?
“All my aunts and uncles are hard on their children, it seems to me. They berate them, embarrass them, and yell at them. This is chinuch, child rearing according to the Torah.”
First of all, I’m going to rely on you for this quote, as I haven’t read the book myself. However, as a curious bystander to this conversation, I am just interested to know where/when she is lying, and how so.
Her quote “All my aunts and uncles are hard on their children…” seems to underlay the fact that everyone on this thread seems to be in agreement – she has had a rough childhood. It also seems that her quote “they berate the, embarrass them, and yell at them” is 100% true, at least from her perspective.
According to her, that’s chinuch. That’s what she saw, and that’s what she experienced.
Now, for you to say it is an “outright lie” is wrong; you may think otherwise of chinuch (and you may even be correct!), but she is entitled to her opinion.
But what I think upsets me the most about you and the other posters is that you assume that anyone questioning the claim that she is a liar is in fact “Charedi bashers”.
I’m insulted.
But try again with me, will you? Please quote something she said that is a lie.
Thanks!