A number of months ago, I blogged about the episode of BBC show The World’s Strictest Parents, in which two rebellious British teens were sent to live with evil Zionist settlers an Orthodox Jewish family living in Nof Ayalon.
I’ve managed to locate all but one part of this episode (I will update this post once the missing part becomes available).
Enjoy!
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six
Postscript: Via Israel21c:
The teens were relieved that there were no cameras on the Sabbath. Jack, in a non-Goth white shirt with black stripes, was amazed that they could have a good time without drugs or alcohol.
Back in England, he admitted that he had snuck in some alcohol, but never touched it. The Sabbath atmosphere resonated well with both. “You could see that Gemma got it,” says Tzippi Shaked. “I had told her it was a good opportunity for her to be on the inside, to see it from a sociological point-of-view.”
How did the Shaked children react to the visitors? The older children are in phone and e-mail contact. Asked what he thought of the guests, five-year-old Chanan says: “I love them.”
In recent conversations, Gemma and Jack both said that they had found jobs and hoped to raise money to help pay for a return trip to Israel. Gemma would like to go to university in Israel; Jack would like to work on a kibbutz. Meanwhile, both teens have re-enrolled in College (11th and 12th grade).
The British docu-reality show is a genre whose goal is to show transformation. Looks like the Shakeds pulled it off – with a combo of love and limits and a strong sense of Jewish values.
