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We’re taught in the Jewish tradition the same story over and over, whether it’s the Holocaust or the Maccabees, we have to rise above persecution and do our best, just as the magic is about making people dream, we learned to take things that aren’t supposed to be and turn them into something beautiful.

— David Copperfield (illusionist)

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We’re taught in the Jewish tradition the same story over and over, whether it’s the Holocaust or the Maccabees, we have to rise above persecution and do our best, just as the magic is about making people dream, we learned to take things that aren’t supposed to be and turn them into something beautiful." in the context of "Jews in the News" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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David Copperfield (illusionist)

About David Copperfield (illusionist)

David Copperfield (born David Seth Kotkin on 16 September 1956) is an American illusionist.