“His style was a little bit different; he wasn’t a Borscht belt comedian, but he certainly learned from them,” director Ron Frank told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ben Avraham, born Samaah Zeitoun, for years sought to convert to honor his grandfather, Iyad al Zeitoun, who is believed to have rescued 25 Jews, including whole families, during the deadly 1929 Hebron riots.