Paul Reubens z"l Answer

08/06/2023

B. Reuben’s father Milton Rubenfeld was a pilot for the British Royal Air Force as well as the United States Army who later was a founding member of the Israeli Air Force. When his plane was shot down during the 1948 War for Independence, he bailed out and landed in the Mediterranean Sea near the Israeli coast. As he swam to shore, Israelis began to fire at him believing he was an Arab pilot. Not knowing Hebrew, he saved himself by yelling “Shabbos, gefilte fish!”

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