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by Marjorie Ingall
March 11, 2015

The stereotype of the Jewish mother depicts a hovering, overprotective maniac. The truth is very different. Last week, scientist Danielle Meitiv (a consultant to government agencies on climate science) and her husband Alexander (a researcher at the National Institutes of Health, who goes by Sasha) were found responsible for “unsubstantiated child neglect” after letting their 10-year-old son Rafi and 6-year-old daughter Dvora walk home by themselves, during the daytime, on a sidewalk next to a lively main street, from a neighborhood park a mile away from their Maryland home. An unknown someone called 911 after seeing the kids walking without an adult. A squad car swooped up the kids, and four more police vehicles pulled up to the Meitivs’ home. When Sasha went upstairs to get ID, as an officer demanded, he was told “shots will be fired!” if he didn’t immediately comply or if he did anything suspicious. READ MORE