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Richard Belzer
March 30, 2023, 3:47 pm
OPINION: My dear grandfather Zigi knew laughter is often a Jew’s best defence
Following the loss of Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper, his grandson Darren Richman writes that defiance and humour in the face of death seems a particularly Jewish coping mechanism
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