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Holocaust Refugee,
Psychologist Jacques Lipetz
Dies at 89
OB ITUARY
The 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the Month
SASHA ROGELBERG | JE STAFF
PSYCHOLOGIST, BIOLOGIST
and Holocaust refugee Jacques
Lipetz died on Jan. 11. He was 89.

To escape Nazi rule, Lipetz
and his family fl ed in 1941
from Belgium to Manila,
Philippines, where they stayed
through the Japanese occupa-
tion until the United States’
liberation of the country in
1945. Following the family’s
escape to New York that
year, Lipetz attended Brown
University for his bachelor’s
and master’s degrees and Yale
University for his doctorate.

He studied biology and later
psychology, serving as a clinical
psychologist for more than 40
years in the Philadelphia area,
meeting with patients weeks
before his death.

His career as a psycholo-
gist was his commitment to
helping others aft er he and his
family were helped to escape
the Holocaust, according to his
wife, Inez Friedman-Lipetz.

“He felt he was a survivor
for a reason,” she said.

Specially Designed for Families and
Caregivers on Zoom
February 2 and February 16, 2021
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Joining is easy!
Call 215.321.6166 or e-mail Yardley@arden-courts.com
to register and receive the link to join the support
group. Jacques Lipetz and wife Inez
Friedman-Lipetz Born in Antwerp, Belgium
in 1932, Lipetz was the oldest
of three boys. He served as
a protector of his siblings,
brother Eric Lipetz said.

During Nazi bombings in
Belgium in the late 1930s, Eric
Lipetz would crawl into bed
with his brother.

“He said, ‘Don’t worry, don’t
worry,’ but I think he really
was just as scared as I was,”
Eric Lipetz said.

See Lipetz, Page 27
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to join the event.

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arden-courts.org Jacques Lipetz (left) with his family in the 1950s
Courtesy of Trina Weingarten
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