Friends Talking about Jimmy
Menahem Shemi
1952
Jimmy’s body was taken to Har Tuv, where the doctor confirmed his death, and from Har Tuv it was taken to the morgue in the hospital in the convent of Abu Gosh. He lay there, covered with a gray blanket and suede desert boots on his feet. His face was calm, proud, and serious. [ . . . ]
On the night when they brought Jimmy’s body to Abu Gosh I was…
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Menahem Shemi
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