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metapelet
[ me-tah-pe-let ]
noun
Hebrew.
plural metaplot
- a woman who cares for children, especially on kibbutzim in Israel; foster mother.
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Women from the Philippines — who were initially brought in small numbers by Israel’s Defense Ministry to care for disabled soldiers — have come to dominate home care in Israel, so much so that the word “Filipina” has become synonymous in Hebrew with “metapelet” — “caregiver.”
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