i think she has a trick or two up her sleeve..she knows people will come to her aid because of the children and that is the issue, the children.  as for ‘proper’ home conditions, i was told by my DIL who works for family services that in all likelihood, i would have been taken out of my home when i was growing up because i shared a room with my brother until i got married….we were poor and all my parents could afford was first a 1-bedroom apt. and then as we got older, a 2-bedroom apt…… do any of you ‘older’ writers remember sleeping head to feet in a sibling filled bed ?

Ruth MUST be as much a sociopath as her husband if she thinks this is ‘right’……………to be honest, and i am, i think bernie is taking the fall for his wife and the sons that ‘turned him in’………..just an opinion folks ! 

I wholeheartedly agree with you in that respect, however, the "Jewish" label went far beyond that context.  It is the age old slur about Jews and money that I am referring to. Google Rabbi Mark Gelman’s open letter to Madoff.  Rabbi Gelman is the part of the duo known as the "G-d Squad" where he and a fellow priest speak and write about their interpretation of ‘life’ according to their core beliefs. Madoff has caused antisemitism to rear its ugly head even more and that is what I meant.  Ken Lay’s swindling of the masses did not cause antichristianity….not that i am suggesting in any way that it should have. Again, simply put, it is sociopathic people from all walks of life who perpetrate these crimes.