The Jewish background is not that far from the black groove. Blacks are downtrodden, Jews are downtrodden, therefore they have something in common in that affliction. Being downtrodden often makes one more empathetic and sympathetic.
“The difficulty about all this dying, is that you can't tell a fellow anything about it, so where does the fun come in?”
“Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that. I always say, They are in the archives.”