Rena Teeger, at The Blogs

Rena Teeger

Mar 9, 2014, 2:08 PM

One thing I would never wish on anyone is to come across a courtroom junkie. For those not familiar with this term - the courtroom junkie is hooked on litigation. He sends legal letter after legal letter and launches...

Jul 18, 2013, 9:44 PM

A letter to my father, the late Joe Green

I was living in Israel expecting my third child thirty years ago when I heard the news that you had left us. It was on Shabbat Nachamu – the Shabbat of comfort. But nothing could comfort me. You were a real...

Jul 25, 2012, 10:23 AM

Post-Partum Repression

Is there any greater betrayal than a young mother losing custody of her newborn child through the combination of dubious medical assertions, illegitimate legal strategies and the indecent use of power and influence? When situations like this arise, we as...

Jul 11, 2012, 4:17 PM

Getting Unchained

How unfortunate that a Jewish mother must come to learn about the severity of the inequity inherent in the Jewish marital system through her own daughter’s struggle and pain. Although the status of limbo is foreign to Judaism, many young women...

About Me

Rena Teeger was born in South Africa, and lived in Israel from 1979 to 1988, when she returned to South Africa with her family. She is the mother of four daughters. In 2004 Rena returned to live on a small rural moshav in central Israel. She is a qualified teacher who taught for many years at a religious Jewish day school. Rena spends her days writing and editing.