Terror attack widow asks Internet to make jokes out of an interview

The jokes made from the template mostly include venting against a fictitious, annoying husband.

The Facebook application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017.  (photo credit: THOMAS WHITE / REUTERS)
The Facebook application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017.
(photo credit: THOMAS WHITE / REUTERS)
Following an interview done with KAN, Yael Shabach, widow of Rabbi Raziel Shabach who was killed in January 2018 by a terrorist, has asked Internet users to turn a part of which she says – "I buried my husband here" – into an Internet meme, Mako has reported.
The jokes made from the template mostly include venting against a fictitious, annoying husband whose wife wants to bury him for minor infractions such as trying to have a date at home instead of restaurant, or for watching an episode of a show they've been watching together by himself.
The jokes have become popular in Facebook groups for religious people, though several users said it's inappropriate to make fun of a man's death.
"Those who know me and care about me will accept what I'm doing here, and those who don't can comment on it, but I'm a person who knows what to do with herself," Shabach told Mako. "Someone told me these memes are undignified, but this is a way of dealing with things that are very important to me."
To those who've criticized her, she answered: "Self-deprecation and gallows humor are not disrespect: They are a legitimate way of dealing with grief. Those who feel like they want to use this tool, despite what people around them think, shouldn't be afraid."