“How do you think it is on a Jewish mother? It’s horrible for her to see her son facing these accusations.”

—  Dov Charney

Ellenson, Ruth (2005). "Unfashionable Crisis" http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=14419 The Jewish Journal (accessed August 8, 2006)

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