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Publication Date:
Publisher: National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (U.S.)
Author(s): David Nelson
Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions
Keywords: Holocaust; History; Culture; Values
Type: Brief
Abstract:
The author discusses the value of laughing at a threat as a way of overcoming it, and questions whether humor might serve as a healing mechanism for deailng with memories of the Holocaust.