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[Marshall speaking Hebrew]
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- You say something, Rabbi?
- Oh. Just praying.
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- There's a prayer for this?
- There's a prayer for everything, Sophie.
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So, yes, there is a prayer to save
the synagogue from falling into the ocean.
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- Rabbi Zucker.
- Hey.
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[person 1] Come this way.
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Kids. Nice touch, Reverend.
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Thank you so much, Reverend.
That was beautiful.
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Thank you. [grunts]
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Uh-- Just the two of you?
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No musicians? Holograms?
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VR? AR? Baked goods?
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It's just us.
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A hundred years ago,
construction began on Temple Israel.
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- It was built out of hope, out of faith.
- [person 2 clears throat]
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It was built by Holocaust survivors
who came to South Florida
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and declared with every brick,
"This is our home, and we belong."
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[person 2 clears throat]
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[clears throat]
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[sighs] I know
that not every building can be saved,
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and so, I stand before you today
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in hopes that
the Department of Sea Level Mitigation
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will look favorably
upon our application for protection.
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As a person who believes there is power
in physical presence,
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I'm grateful to stand before you today.
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They were right over here,
for fuck's sake.
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I was at CRISPR Miami,
then I came home, then I left--
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Alpha, uh, where are my keys?
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[Alpha] Alpha privacy settings
have been adjusted not to track keys.
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All right, f-fuck off, Alpha.
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You could try praying to God.
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Alpha, does God know
where my dad lost his keys?
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[Alpha] Alpha cannot speak
for hypothetical deities.
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Gabby, dónde está, uh--
mis, uh-- mis "llavas"?
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It's "llaves," babe.
But that's better than yesterday.
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The website suggested
we all wear these. [sighs]
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Did it mention where I left my keys?
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Maybe God is hiding your keys because
he doesn't wanna see your face in person.
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[father] Enough, okay?
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Your grandma and grandpa
love Temple Israel.
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[daughter] I was happy
with Temple Emanu-El.
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Temple Emanu-El
is not a good fit for us right now.
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Because the community there
knows what you did to Mom?
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- Why do you have to say things like that?
- You mean, things that are true?
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Here they are.
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Put your boots on, kiddo.
And get in the car.
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{\an8}[Marshall] It is a time of questions.
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{\an8}As Jews, we have always seen
the question mark
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as our favorite piece of punctuation.
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And as the Passover holiday begins,
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we renew our willingness
to interrogate the world around us.
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In our own lifetimes,
cancer has been defeated.
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Humans have set foot on Mars.
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Despite numerous attacks from within,
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American democracy still survives,
albeit without Texas.
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This year, energy from the sun
will cook many of our Passover meals.
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And yet, for every question answered,
another one appears.
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Miami is literally changing
beneath our feet.
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Our city is flooded
one day out of every four.
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For many of us, it is a time of exodus.
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For others, it is a time
to stand and fight for our homes.
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[congregation] Yes. Yeah, that's true.
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For me, this year, my prayer is simple:
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that our leaders in Tallahassee
will save this building
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and that next year,
we will all be together here in Miami.
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Uh, a reminder,
my mother and I will be hosting
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our seder for the climate-displaced
right here in the temple,
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this week, for the fifth year in a row.
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All are invited.
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We close with words of peace.
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[speaks Hebrew]
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Please rise.
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[all singing in Hebrew]
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You know, my father always said
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that Dr. Klubeck is the best podiatrist
in southern Florida.
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- [chuckling]
- He did.
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And-and Dahlia, I'm so grateful
for your help with the tree planting.
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Well, listen, who wants to go?
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What, with all this rezoning nonsense,
who can wait for them to sort it all out?
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Yeah.
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- Be well.
- Hey, you too.
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- [Dahlia] We'll miss you all.
- All right. Thanks again.
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- My family's never leaving, you know.
- [feet splashing]
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We would come and hear you speak even
if we had to tread water the entire time.
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That's a--
That's a, uh, comforting thought.
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It's very vivid.
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- Shabbat Shalom.
- Shabbat Shalom.
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Oh, yeah.
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- Oh.
- Thank you.
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Rabbi. Harris Goldblatt.
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Oh, yes, of course. [chuckles]
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- And, uh, Gabriela.
- Gabriela, hello.
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- David's son.
- [Marshall] Yes.
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And, uh, this is my daughter, Alana.
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Alana. Lovely to meet you.
Welcome to Temple Israel.
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Uh, this is Sophie, my assistant.
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- Hi. Welcome.
- Hi.
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Yeah, we felt like
we needed something different.
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Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi.
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- Did I say that right?
- Yep. Perfect, Gabriela.
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Do you think we'll all be here together
next Passover? Really?
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Of course I do.
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Why? Do you not believe in science?
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Uh, Alana, uh, wants to talk to you
about her bat mitzvah.
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She's been preparing
over at Temple Emanu-El, but--
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We're in the middle
of a fucking apocalypse.
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- Does God really care about a bat mitzvah?
- [Harris] Alana.
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I care.
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I think God does too.
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[Sophie]
Oh, they're waiting for you, Rabbi.
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Yes, of course.
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Sea level rise doesn't observe
the Sabbath evidently. [chuckles]
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If you'll excuse me.
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[Sophie] Nice to meet you. Shabbat Shalom.
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Really, Alana? Really?
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[Zabler] If we have to take care of it,
then we will.
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[Mrs. Goldblatt] Absolutely.
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[Marshall] Sorry, sorry.
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I was just welcoming your son
to the congregation.
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Did you meet our little Alana?
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- Huh? So serious, that one. [chuckles]
- Yeah, I did. Yes. She is.
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I blame her mother. A difficult woman.
She should have stayed in Israel.
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- [Mrs. Goldblatt] Hmm.
- I warned Harris.
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I warned him not to marry her.
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Well, I think Alana misses those years
she spent growing up in Haifa.
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You know, she told me she considers
herself a citizen of the world.
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I find that very charming, you know.
Very cosmopolitan. [chuckles]
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Yes. Uh, well, what's not charming
is the water in the sanctuary.
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- We gotta do something about that quickly...
- Right. Right.
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...or there's gonna be mildew,
structural damage.
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- Well, I have two bids.
- Yes.
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- Did you go to Kustom like I suggested?
- [Mrs. Goldblatt] Mm-hmm.
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Wagner and United.
United did it the last time.
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- They said to install pumps permanently...
- Who's--
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- ...because there's gonna be a next time.
- Who is cheapest?
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Just try Kustom.
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[stammers] Just go-- go to Kustom,
like my husband said,
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and then we wouldn't be here
having this discussion.
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- [Zabler] Go with Wagner.
- Everything-- For Christ's sake.
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Pumps are expensive,
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and I don't think we need to be
spending for the future.
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[Sarah]
They said we could fix it with pumps.
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Look, I know we are low on funds.
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[Zabler] When people leave here,
they take their contributions with them.
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But we still should be
planning for the future.
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[David] You know there's a future?
You're sure?
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- Have you heard anything?
- [Mrs. Goldblatt] Mm-hmm?
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I-- I have a good feeling
about the presentation.
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Yeah, very positive.
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Temple Israel does so much for Miami.
We deserve to be here.
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Well...
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- ...if we'd fixed it, it would be different.
- [Zabler] Go with Wagner.
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- [David] Try Kustom.
- [Mrs. Goldblatt] If you'd gone to Kustom...
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[whirring]
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[slams, gurgling]
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- [wheels revving]
- [whirring stops]
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[beeping]
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- [blows]
- Excuse me, Rabbi?
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Alana. Where's your father?
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I told him I had an upset stomach.
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He's probably somewhere wondering
if I have an eating disorder.
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- Do you?
- Do you think God is watching us?
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Yes.
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[stammers] Well, I mean,
maybe not literally,
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but we have to watch each other too.
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Okay, sure. Not what I was asking.
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Do you think the flooding is punishment
for our bad behavior?
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Hmm, what sort of bad behavior
do you mean?
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All of it.
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- Why else would God be doing this?
- Doing what?
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The sea level rise, the droughts,
the refugees, the diseases.
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He's angry. He has to be.
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If God made humans in his image,
why do they suck?
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O-Or did we just evolve into sucking?
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Well, I think we all have the choice
whether to suck or not. [sighs]
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Um, the Torah says
that God is merciful and gracious,
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slow to anger
and abounding in steadfast love.
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My mom got mad because Dad chose
to start boning Gabriela,
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and so she OD'd on painkillers,
and now she's in rehab.
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She's also addicted to those CRISPR hacks,
her skin, her ass.
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Vanity is a deadly sin.
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Well, Jews don't actually
have deadly sins. We just have sins.
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And we have forgiveness.
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My dad's developing Little Haiti,
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and now that the higher ground
is more valuable,
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they're buying up all the apartments
and selling them to millionaires.
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Will he be forgiven for all that--
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Alana?
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There you are. I thought you said
you were going to the bathroom.
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I lied. I learned that from you.
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Aren't you proud of me?
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I'm sorry.
Alana's under a lot of stress right now.
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I was very much enjoying our conversation.
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You-- Feel free to come find me
anytime you wanna talk.
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[Harris] Alana.
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[feet sloshing]
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[Marshall sighs]
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[Mrs. Zucker] Did you use
the klezmer music,
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or did you decide to go with Prince?
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No, Prince didn't really
seem appropriate, Ma.
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[scoffs] Prince is always appropriate, Marshall.
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- Well...
- "Soft and Wet"? "Purple Rain"?
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See, those aren't songs
about climate, Mom.
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I went with the-- the klezmer
and some-some black-and-white photos.
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The sanctuary is a swimming pool.
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- Everyone's leaving.
- Nuh-uh, no. Not everyone, Mom.
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And we need to be here
for the ones who are staying.
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Not just the congregation either.
We take care of the whole community.
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Hmm. I would like to see
you find someone to take care of you.
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Whatever happened to that Emily girl?
I liked her very much.
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I think she m-moved to Alberta
to live on a commune.
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A very warm smile from that one.
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- Maybe they need a rabbi in Alberta?
- Mom, this is Miami.
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They're not just gonna let it disappear.
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Alpha, how many climate refugees
will there be this year?
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[Alpha] Estimates suggest there will be
23 million climate refugees in 2047.
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What is the population of Miami, Alpha?
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{\an8}The population of Miami is 803,935.
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And how many do you think
are worth saving?
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That is not a calculation
I am equipped to make.
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[sighs]
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[knocks]
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- [Harris] Can I come in?
- I'm naked.
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I just wanted to say good night.
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[Alana scoffs] Thanks, Dad.
That fixes everything.
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[Sophie] The bid from Kustom came in,
and it's definitely the lowest.
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And David Goldblatt called
to ask about the zoning decision.
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Yeah, have we heard anything?
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Wasn't the state supposed to
let us know this week?
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Well, they just announced
that they're saving First Baptist,
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uh-- the Fontainebleau Hotel
and the dog track at Hialeah so far.
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- More announcements to come.
- [groans]
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- [nurse] Mr. Zucker?
- Uh, Sophie, the nurse is here.
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- Dr. Shah will see you now.
- Talk later.
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So, there's that old Clash song,
"Should I Stay or Should I Go."
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You know the song?
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♪ Darling, you got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go? ♪
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If you say that you are mine ♪
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Yeah, Doc, maybe that's before my time.
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[chuckles]
The point is, risk factors are mounting.
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Summer's approaching. Mosquito season.
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Extreme heat days
are stressors for the brain.
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And with her history,
Miami is dangerous to her health.
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But everywhere is dangerous. Come on.
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We are hearing that hurricane season
this year is gonna be the worst one yet.
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The moon is wobbling
like nobody's business.
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Wobbling. The moon's been wobbling
since the beginning of time.
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- It wobbles.
- [Dr. Shah] It's worse now.
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- Yeah, can't-- Hey.
- I assume the doctor told you?
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Yeah. Yeah, he did, Ma.
You-- You sure this is what you want?
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Want? [scoffs]
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The world is no longer interested
in what I want.
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The world is in it for itself.
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[Marshall] You love it here.
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You love the-the mah-jongg,
the soft-shell crab.
256
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Oh, they are making those in Duluth now,
out of cauliflower.
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Thank you, Doctor.
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- You love Dr. Shah too. Dr. Shah is here.
- I'm moving to Milwaukee actually.
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Uh, I took the relo deal.
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Uh, not bad.
I can share the details, if you like.
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They threw in an assault rifle
as an incentive.
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No. See, my--
You don't want to move anywhere
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- that's throwing in an assault rifle as--
- All my friends are taking the relo deals,
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either in Milwaukee or Duluth.
Or the cemetery.
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Your mother said
she has a sister in Chicago.
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Thought you hated your sister.
267
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It's too hot out
to hate people these days, Marshall.
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It's better to be on the first boat
out of town than the one that never left.
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- You want me to come with you?
- Oh, sweetheart. You can't do that.
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People need you here. They love you.
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What is that you always say?
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- "Comfort the afflicted and"--
- "And afflict the comfortable." Yes.
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[chuckling] Right.
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A spiritual first responder,
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saving people from drowning
in confusion and despair.
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[chuckles]
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You left Israel to take care of me.
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Maybe me leaving Miami now...
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is my way of taking care of you.
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[chuckles]
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[Alpha] June 17th, 2047.
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The forecast for Miami today
is partly cloudy
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with a high of 93 degrees
and 70% humidity.
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Be advised, the following areas
are closed due to flooding:
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Ocean Drive south of 5th Street,
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Coral Way between 22nd and I-95.
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00:16:02,421 --> 00:16:05,841
South Beach
and Virginia Key remain closed.
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00:16:08,594 --> 00:16:11,972
I guess I need a new date
for my bat mitzvah.
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00:16:11,972 --> 00:16:15,684
Some kid named Max Borenstein
has my date here,
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and I already learned the portion
for that day. The story of Noah.
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Yes, yes. I have been working
with Max on that one.
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The story of Noah and the covenant.
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- I'm a big fan.
- Yeah, it's a beautiful story of renewal.
294
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That's one way to look at it.
295
00:16:30,365 --> 00:16:33,994
Uh, would Max consider
moving to another date?
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I could probably get my father
to pay him to swap
297
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if I promise
to stop hiding Gabriela's birth control.
298
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How would you feel if I agreed to that?
299
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How would you feel?
300
00:16:54,556 --> 00:16:57,768
Why don't we find you a new date...
301
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[chuckles]
...and a new portion of the Torah?
302
00:17:00,270 --> 00:17:02,189
[inhales deeply]
303
00:17:02,189 --> 00:17:06,944
Something a little bit later in Genesis,
I think.
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What's it about?
305
00:17:10,239 --> 00:17:15,452
It deals with a time of great corruption
and justice,
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00:17:16,036 --> 00:17:19,540
with having the punishment
for evildoing fit the crime.
307
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What we call "middah keneged middah."
308
00:17:23,126 --> 00:17:26,964
I actually had the same portion
for my bar mitzvah, believe it or not.
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Nobody has this one?
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Apparently, the Gorins are taking
a relo deal and moving to Winnipeg,
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so it leaves the date open for you,
if you want it.
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[chuckles]
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[clears throat] Uh, it's here, Rabbi,
uh, from the state.
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Oh. Oh!
315
00:17:48,735 --> 00:17:51,989
Uh, well, Alana, why don't you
take a look and see if it speaks to you?
316
00:17:51,989 --> 00:17:53,240
- Sophie, if you could...
- Yeah.
317
00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:54,324
- Uh, come on, dear.
- Hi.
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[Sophie] Oh, that is a wonderful...
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- [Alana] Oh.
- [Sophie] That's a very,
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very special portion.
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00:18:00,831 --> 00:18:03,917
- You know, it was the rabbi's...
- [clearing throat]
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[sighs]
323
00:18:10,883 --> 00:18:13,760
[Sharon]
Rabbi Zucker, we regret to inform you
324
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that Temple Israel is not currently
a candidate for preservation
325
00:18:17,639 --> 00:18:20,809
by the Florida State Department
of Sea Level Mitigation.
326
00:18:21,518 --> 00:18:23,770
If you believe this ruling
has been made in error--
327
00:18:28,066 --> 00:18:31,361
[speaking Hebrew]
328
00:18:31,361 --> 00:18:33,572
- [machinery whirring, banging]
- Damn it.
329
00:18:36,909 --> 00:18:39,578
Excuse me.
I didn't know anyone was in here.
330
00:18:39,578 --> 00:18:41,538
[feet sloshing]
331
00:18:41,538 --> 00:18:44,374
- And you are?
- Julia. The plumber.
332
00:18:44,374 --> 00:18:46,168
Marshall. The rabbi.
333
00:18:46,168 --> 00:18:49,505
Really?
I never met an actual rabbi before.
334
00:18:50,339 --> 00:18:52,799
I didn't mean to interrupt
your talking to God.
335
00:18:52,799 --> 00:18:56,136
No, God could have chosen
a better rabbi for you to start with.
336
00:18:57,304 --> 00:18:59,431
Well, I wonder if God knows
337
00:18:59,431 --> 00:19:01,683
where I should put the moisture sensor
for the pumps.
338
00:19:02,351 --> 00:19:05,229
- [sucks teeth]
- Maybe in that closet up there?
339
00:19:05,979 --> 00:19:08,398
[Marshall]
Oh, uh, that's where we keep the Torah.
340
00:19:08,398 --> 00:19:11,401
If it touches the ground,
I'd have to fast for 40 days,
341
00:19:11,401 --> 00:19:13,862
so it's not actually a closet.
342
00:19:15,697 --> 00:19:16,698
Can I see it?
343
00:19:23,872 --> 00:19:27,084
This Torah was in a fire in Israel.
344
00:19:28,669 --> 00:19:30,587
Forest fire near a refugee camp.
345
00:19:31,755 --> 00:19:33,757
It was given to me
on the day I became a rabbi.
346
00:19:33,757 --> 00:19:37,135
[chuckles] What does it say?
347
00:19:39,513 --> 00:19:43,976
It tells you everything you need to know
to live a righteous, fulfilling life.
348
00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:45,561
Mm-hmm.
349
00:19:47,771 --> 00:19:49,022
So, are you?
350
00:19:50,482 --> 00:19:51,483
What?
351
00:19:52,401 --> 00:19:53,402
Fulfilled.
352
00:19:59,992 --> 00:20:03,829
Let us all dip the parsley
in salt water twice.
353
00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,875
[Gabby] Hard to forget the ocean.
We're the ones getting dipped.
354
00:20:07,875 --> 00:20:09,793
- Four days this week.
- [David chuckles]
355
00:20:09,793 --> 00:20:11,378
There's-- There's another question.
356
00:20:13,338 --> 00:20:15,382
- I thought there were three. [chuckles]
- [Harris] Yeah.
357
00:20:15,382 --> 00:20:16,967
[David] The book says there's four.
358
00:20:16,967 --> 00:20:19,261
That's why they call them
the four questions, Gabriela.
359
00:20:19,261 --> 00:20:21,138
[Harris] Don't be a jerk, Dad.
360
00:20:21,138 --> 00:20:23,682
He was not being a jerk.
He was teaching her.
361
00:20:23,682 --> 00:20:27,102
When you use someone's name
in every sentence, Mom,
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00:20:27,102 --> 00:20:29,438
then, Mom, you're being a jerk.
363
00:20:29,438 --> 00:20:30,731
Hmm.
364
00:20:33,233 --> 00:20:35,485
Let's hear the fourth question, Alana.
I'm listening.
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00:20:35,485 --> 00:20:38,780
"On all other nights,
we eat our meals in any manner.
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00:20:38,780 --> 00:20:43,243
Why, on this night, do we sit
around the table in a reclining position?"
367
00:20:45,329 --> 00:20:46,955
Do you-- Do you wanna take that one?
368
00:20:46,955 --> 00:20:49,082
Oh, yeah. [chuckles]
369
00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:51,168
"This question goes back to ancient Rome,
370
00:20:51,168 --> 00:20:53,337
when it was the custom
for rich people to eat
371
00:20:53,337 --> 00:20:55,589
while lying on a couch,
leaning on one elbow
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00:20:55,589 --> 00:20:57,758
as slaves and servants fed them.
373
00:20:57,758 --> 00:21:00,260
Our people thought
of this relaxed type of eating
374
00:21:00,260 --> 00:21:02,763
as a sign of freedom and prosperity,
375
00:21:02,763 --> 00:21:05,098
so we lean to one side,
eating at the seder
376
00:21:05,098 --> 00:21:08,977
as a reminder of how it was
when our people longed for freedom."
377
00:21:08,977 --> 00:21:10,646
I refuse to recline.
378
00:21:10,646 --> 00:21:12,314
Why is that, honey? What?
379
00:21:12,314 --> 00:21:15,692
Because there are many people
right here in Miami
380
00:21:15,692 --> 00:21:20,239
that are working for wages
that keep them below the poverty level
381
00:21:20,239 --> 00:21:22,574
so other people can play golf.
382
00:21:22,574 --> 00:21:24,868
And other people work their asses off
383
00:21:24,868 --> 00:21:29,331
to provide for their daughters
and parents and ex-wives
384
00:21:29,331 --> 00:21:33,752
and yet, are made to feel bad about it
in their own homes night after night
385
00:21:33,752 --> 00:21:38,257
for simply having
the unmitigated gall to succeed in life.
386
00:21:38,257 --> 00:21:39,883
I have another question.
387
00:21:39,883 --> 00:21:43,971
There are only four questions.
You nailed 'em. Now we eat.
388
00:21:44,763 --> 00:21:47,015
I will ask my question.
389
00:21:50,269 --> 00:21:52,980
[breathes shakily]
Why is God doing this to us?
390
00:21:52,980 --> 00:21:54,648
That is my question.
391
00:21:55,148 --> 00:21:57,860
Doing what? What-- [scoffs]
What is God doing?
392
00:21:57,860 --> 00:21:59,361
Are you kidding me, Dad?
393
00:22:00,612 --> 00:22:04,032
Do you even see
what's happening around you?
394
00:22:05,993 --> 00:22:06,994
Do--
395
00:22:08,078 --> 00:22:09,997
- Oh, sweetheart.
- Alana.
396
00:22:10,873 --> 00:22:13,125
- Alana, honey.
- No, no, no. Just sit.
397
00:22:13,125 --> 00:22:14,585
[Gabriela sighs] Alana.
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00:22:14,585 --> 00:22:16,879
I love what you said
about the people in Miami.
399
00:22:16,879 --> 00:22:18,380
- [Gabriela] I love your empathy.
- What?
400
00:22:18,380 --> 00:22:20,215
- Aren't you glad you had a son?
- Oh.
401
00:22:20,757 --> 00:22:21,758
Yeah.
402
00:22:22,926 --> 00:22:24,928
[chattering]
403
00:22:28,348 --> 00:22:30,434
Let's all refill our cups.
404
00:22:30,434 --> 00:22:32,060
[Sophie] May I have your glass, Rabbi?
405
00:22:33,103 --> 00:22:34,313
There you go.
406
00:22:36,148 --> 00:22:37,191
Isabel?
407
00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,527
Get to the part
about the plagues, Marshall.
408
00:22:40,527 --> 00:22:44,781
I love that part.
God frees the slaves in the end.
409
00:22:45,365 --> 00:22:48,493
Although, he does seem to take
his sweet time about it.
410
00:22:53,665 --> 00:22:57,961
As we rejoice
at our deliverance from slavery,
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00:22:59,296 --> 00:23:01,548
we acknowledge that our freedom
was hard-earned
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00:23:02,299 --> 00:23:04,593
and that it can be taken away at any time.
413
00:23:06,345 --> 00:23:10,265
So, let's appreciate
this time we have together.
414
00:23:10,265 --> 00:23:11,934
It could be our last.
415
00:23:13,060 --> 00:23:15,229
Glad the homeless get to hear that. Jesus.
416
00:23:15,229 --> 00:23:17,439
- [Sophie laughs]
- [Marshall] Sophie. Sophie.
417
00:23:17,439 --> 00:23:23,195
Um, we pour out a drop of wine
for each of the plagues as we recite them.
418
00:23:23,779 --> 00:23:26,657
Blood. Frogs.
419
00:23:27,324 --> 00:23:29,993
Lice. Beasts.
420
00:23:29,993 --> 00:23:33,455
[huffs] Pestilence, boils, hail,
421
00:23:34,039 --> 00:23:36,875
locusts, darkness, death of the firstborn.
422
00:23:36,875 --> 00:23:40,546
Lice and locusts, they seem like
they can be combined, right?
423
00:23:40,546 --> 00:23:41,630
Get it down to nine?
424
00:23:41,630 --> 00:23:44,258
- Passover doesn't have a suggestion box.
- [Sophie chuckles]
425
00:23:44,258 --> 00:23:46,969
You know what?
This year I would like to add.
426
00:23:46,969 --> 00:23:49,304
Corrupt government, wobbling moons...
427
00:23:49,304 --> 00:23:53,141
- Oh.
- ...extreme heat, rising sea levels.
428
00:23:53,141 --> 00:23:55,018
- Amen!
- Amen.
429
00:23:55,978 --> 00:23:58,146
You know,
there is an appeals process, Rabbi.
430
00:23:58,730 --> 00:23:59,731
So there's hope?
431
00:24:00,232 --> 00:24:03,068
We got out of Egypt. There's always hope.
432
00:24:09,324 --> 00:24:10,450
[device clicks]
433
00:24:17,249 --> 00:24:18,250
[beeps]
434
00:24:19,501 --> 00:24:21,170
Your father is fondly remembered
435
00:24:21,170 --> 00:24:23,839
for the donation
that made that window possible.
436
00:24:25,799 --> 00:24:27,801
Yeah, he loved this temple.
437
00:24:28,427 --> 00:24:30,846
He would have done anything
to, uh, save it.
438
00:24:31,471 --> 00:24:32,890
My family's the same way.
439
00:24:33,515 --> 00:24:36,810
We have all benefited
from the largesse of the Goldblatts.
440
00:24:36,810 --> 00:24:39,271
I remember when you appeared
before the board.
441
00:24:40,230 --> 00:24:43,358
I was doubtful,
but your father reassured me.
442
00:24:44,026 --> 00:24:47,070
No, no, don't get me wrong.
I'm glad we hired you.
443
00:24:47,070 --> 00:24:50,741
Although, it sounds like you,
uh, shit the bed on the presentation.
444
00:24:50,741 --> 00:24:55,245
[clears throat] I am preparing an appeal.
Frontline leaders...
445
00:24:55,245 --> 00:24:58,457
- [chuckles] Appeal? Look at you.
- ...from all the faith communities--
446
00:24:58,457 --> 00:25:00,417
What, I shouldn't appeal?
447
00:25:00,417 --> 00:25:03,212
Do you know why
the Fontainebleau is being saved?
448
00:25:03,212 --> 00:25:04,671
Or the racetrack?
449
00:25:05,297 --> 00:25:08,008
Or your pal the Reverend McGhee's
house of worship?
450
00:25:08,008 --> 00:25:10,677
Or any of those places
over on Biscayne Boulevard?
451
00:25:10,677 --> 00:25:11,929
Do you know why?
452
00:25:13,138 --> 00:25:17,059
This is Florida, Rabbi.
This is not heaven.
453
00:25:17,809 --> 00:25:20,854
To keep your feet dry,
you gotta grease some palms.
454
00:25:22,898 --> 00:25:24,650
I don't know what you're suggesting.
455
00:25:24,650 --> 00:25:26,735
What I'm suggesting
is that you call my son.
456
00:25:28,111 --> 00:25:30,656
Because he makes things happen, okay?
457
00:25:31,698 --> 00:25:33,867
- Are--
- Harris is a good boy, Rabbi.
458
00:25:35,077 --> 00:25:36,119
He won't steer you wrong.
459
00:25:38,038 --> 00:25:39,206
Okay.
460
00:25:43,210 --> 00:25:45,921
[Marshall]
She said, "Why is God doing this to us"?
461
00:25:45,921 --> 00:25:51,426
Yeah, and then she ran off to her room
and, uh, listened to the weather report.
462
00:25:52,094 --> 00:25:53,470
Why is God doing what?
463
00:25:53,470 --> 00:25:56,390
Uh, she wasn't clear exactly,
464
00:25:56,390 --> 00:25:58,809
but the overall impression
is that it wasn't good.
465
00:25:59,393 --> 00:26:04,064
Uh, that God has an issue with us.
Me, in particular.
466
00:26:04,064 --> 00:26:05,315
It's just a question.
467
00:26:05,315 --> 00:26:08,068
You said questions were good, right?
468
00:26:08,068 --> 00:26:10,279
Yes, but they have to be
the right question.
469
00:26:13,365 --> 00:26:15,951
Can you give me
a moment with the rabbi, sweetie?
470
00:26:16,660 --> 00:26:18,078
Yeah. Of course.
471
00:26:24,751 --> 00:26:26,295
[Marshall] Um, how--
472
00:26:27,087 --> 00:26:28,505
[Sophie] Here, let me walk you out.
473
00:26:32,801 --> 00:26:34,595
[clears throat] How can I help you?
474
00:26:38,015 --> 00:26:40,976
Actually, Rabbi, my father says
it's me that can help you.
475
00:26:42,769 --> 00:26:45,981
These, um, politicians.
476
00:26:47,107 --> 00:26:48,442
Filthy business.
477
00:26:48,442 --> 00:26:51,945
Nothing you would ever want
to be involved in. Trust me.
478
00:26:54,114 --> 00:26:55,908
I-I prefer my work here.
479
00:26:56,408 --> 00:26:58,619
No, of course,
and you're-- you're great at it.
480
00:26:59,244 --> 00:27:02,539
I know, uh, Alana is already benefiting
from your attention,
481
00:27:02,539 --> 00:27:04,166
and she can be difficult.
482
00:27:04,166 --> 00:27:07,002
Well, I mean...
[scoffs] ...we all were at that age.
483
00:27:07,002 --> 00:27:10,964
And we all appreciate the work
you do here in the community.
484
00:27:11,465 --> 00:27:15,427
I mean, you're a real humanitarian.
A "mensch," as my father would say.
485
00:27:16,261 --> 00:27:19,556
"Mensch." That's the highest praise.
486
00:27:19,556 --> 00:27:23,310
Nobody wins from having
the temple sink beneath the waves, Rabbi.
487
00:27:24,811 --> 00:27:26,063
Nobody.
488
00:27:27,314 --> 00:27:30,400
I think we can agree on that. Am I right?
489
00:27:35,364 --> 00:27:36,365
Nobody.
490
00:27:38,367 --> 00:27:39,368
Good.
491
00:27:55,133 --> 00:27:56,301
What part are you doing?
492
00:27:56,802 --> 00:27:58,220
Sodom and Gomorrah.
493
00:27:58,804 --> 00:28:00,013
What happens in that one?
494
00:28:00,013 --> 00:28:04,935
God burns both cities to the ground.
It's a total wipeout.
495
00:28:04,935 --> 00:28:08,397
He saves a guy named Lot
but turns his wife into a pillar of salt
496
00:28:08,397 --> 00:28:11,525
because she maybe forgot
something at home.
497
00:28:11,525 --> 00:28:12,943
Harsh.
498
00:28:12,943 --> 00:28:15,946
- I'm Max, by the way. What's your name?
- Alana.
499
00:28:18,407 --> 00:28:21,743
So, uh-- y-you have Noah
and the covenant, right?
500
00:28:24,538 --> 00:28:26,540
"I have set my rainbow in the clouds,
501
00:28:26,540 --> 00:28:30,085
and it will be the sign of the covenant
between me and the Earth."
502
00:28:30,085 --> 00:28:31,211
Really?
503
00:28:31,211 --> 00:28:35,132
It doesn't say anything about
the red algae bloom in Tampa this year,
504
00:28:35,132 --> 00:28:37,926
or reef bleaching in Biscayne Bay?
505
00:28:39,178 --> 00:28:41,597
My dad's snorkeling business
shut down last year.
506
00:28:42,598 --> 00:28:43,974
Reefs are all dead.
507
00:28:45,726 --> 00:28:48,020
You should come to my bat mitzvah.
508
00:28:48,020 --> 00:28:51,815
I plan on doing a deep dive
into the transgression of humanity
509
00:28:51,815 --> 00:28:53,400
and divine retribution.
510
00:28:53,984 --> 00:28:56,195
I think you might find it interesting.
511
00:28:56,195 --> 00:28:58,655
Thanks. I don't get a lot of invitations.
512
00:28:58,655 --> 00:29:00,741
- [chuckles]
- [Marshall] Alana Goldblatt.
513
00:29:02,367 --> 00:29:03,660
Look at the temperature.
514
00:29:03,660 --> 00:29:08,290
It's not even the middle of the century,
and we're already past 1.8 degrees.
515
00:29:08,290 --> 00:29:12,878
Hurricane season used to start in August.
Now it starts in April.
516
00:29:12,878 --> 00:29:16,673
And the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica,
if God breaks that off...
517
00:29:16,673 --> 00:29:20,010
- Okay, okay. So-- And God is doing that?
- ...the sea level will be going up--
518
00:29:21,220 --> 00:29:23,180
Isn't it God's ice shelf?
519
00:29:24,723 --> 00:29:29,394
Okay, so, is your question,
"Why is God doing this?"
520
00:29:30,812 --> 00:29:35,400
[stammers] Or-- Or, is it,
"Why isn't God stopping this?"
521
00:29:37,653 --> 00:29:41,240
But maybe the better question is,
"Why aren't we stopping it?"
522
00:29:41,990 --> 00:29:44,451
Right? Yes, maybe it's our glacier too.
523
00:29:47,204 --> 00:29:50,457
Okay. Do you have an answer for that?
524
00:29:59,466 --> 00:30:01,969
The sage Alana Goldblatt once said,
525
00:30:03,804 --> 00:30:06,014
"Maybe it's because humans suck."
526
00:30:08,767 --> 00:30:09,893
Mm-hmm.
527
00:30:12,729 --> 00:30:15,399
Leave the linen blouses.
It's freezing in Chicago.
528
00:30:15,941 --> 00:30:17,150
Just the cashmere.
529
00:30:17,150 --> 00:30:20,237
Okay. You know,
it does get warm in Chicago, Ma.
530
00:30:20,237 --> 00:30:21,697
You might want the linen.
531
00:30:22,197 --> 00:30:23,532
I'm gonna miss it here.
532
00:30:24,324 --> 00:30:25,826
Yeah. Here's gonna miss you.
533
00:30:26,743 --> 00:30:30,706
Not much left on the new map
other than Little Haiti.
534
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,710
Hmm. Wish they could move
the synagogue there.
535
00:30:36,128 --> 00:30:39,715
Well, I actually have reason to believe
536
00:30:39,715 --> 00:30:42,551
that the temple will be zoned
for preservation.
537
00:30:43,177 --> 00:30:45,220
Temple Israel will endure.
538
00:30:46,597 --> 00:30:47,681
You're getting some linen.
539
00:30:49,266 --> 00:30:51,977
I'm sure you would do anything
to save that place.
540
00:30:54,188 --> 00:30:55,355
[bag unzipping]
541
00:30:55,355 --> 00:30:56,565
When do you find out?
542
00:30:58,567 --> 00:30:59,985
Should be any day now.
543
00:31:01,737 --> 00:31:04,072
[thunder rumbling]
544
00:31:04,573 --> 00:31:09,119
Alpha, what is the penalty
for conspiracy to commit bribery
545
00:31:09,119 --> 00:31:11,622
of a public official
in the state of Florida?
546
00:31:12,164 --> 00:31:14,958
[Alpha] Bribery is a second-degree felony,
547
00:31:14,958 --> 00:31:17,920
which is punishable
by up to 15 years in prison
548
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,339
and a $20,000 fine.
549
00:31:20,339 --> 00:31:23,634
It is ranked level seven out of ten
under Florida criminal punishment...
550
00:31:23,634 --> 00:31:25,302
[Mrs. Zucker]
The world is in it for itself.
551
00:31:25,302 --> 00:31:27,804
[Alana] Do you think we'll all be here
together next Passover?
552
00:31:27,804 --> 00:31:29,556
[Sarah] They said
to install pumps permanently...
553
00:31:29,556 --> 00:31:31,767
[Mrs. Zucker] I'm sure you would do
anything to save that place.
554
00:31:31,767 --> 00:31:33,352
[Sarah] There's gonna be a next time.
555
00:31:33,352 --> 00:31:35,521
[David] It sounds like
you shit the bed on the presentation.
556
00:31:35,521 --> 00:31:37,356
- [Zabler] Go with Wagner.
- [Harris] Actually, Rabbi,
557
00:31:37,356 --> 00:31:39,274
- it's me that can help you.
- [Zabler] Pumps are pricey.
558
00:31:39,274 --> 00:31:40,359
[David] This is Florida.
559
00:31:40,359 --> 00:31:43,070
To keep your feet dry,
you gotta grease some palms.
560
00:31:43,070 --> 00:31:45,155
[thunder rumbling]
561
00:31:45,155 --> 00:31:48,242
[water dripping]
562
00:31:50,536 --> 00:31:53,539
[piano keys playing]
563
00:31:58,710 --> 00:32:01,046
["Singin' in the Rain" playing]
564
00:32:01,046 --> 00:32:06,009
I'm singin' in the rain ♪
565
00:32:06,635 --> 00:32:11,098
Just singin' in the rain ♪
566
00:32:11,098 --> 00:32:15,018
What a glorious feeling ♪
567
00:32:15,018 --> 00:32:18,730
I'm happy again ♪
568
00:32:19,523 --> 00:32:26,238
♪ I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above ♪
569
00:32:26,905 --> 00:32:32,911
♪ The sun's in my heart
And I'm ready for love ♪
570
00:32:32,911 --> 00:32:36,540
Let the stormy clouds chase ♪
571
00:32:36,540 --> 00:32:39,585
Everyone from the place ♪
572
00:32:40,919 --> 00:32:46,925
[both] ♪ Come on with the rain
I've a smile on my face ♪
573
00:32:46,925 --> 00:32:53,599
♪ I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain ♪
574
00:32:53,599 --> 00:32:58,562
♪ Just singin'
Singin' in the rain ♪
575
00:32:58,562 --> 00:33:00,647
[music continues]
576
00:33:12,534 --> 00:33:14,119
[music stops, water rushing]
577
00:33:14,119 --> 00:33:15,829
- [gasps]
- [rumbling]
578
00:33:24,254 --> 00:33:25,839
[bureaucrat] Hello, Rabbi Zucker.
579
00:33:25,839 --> 00:33:29,510
The Department of Sea Level Mitigation
had a chance to reevaluate
580
00:33:29,510 --> 00:33:32,596
Temple Israel's application
for preservation,
581
00:33:32,596 --> 00:33:34,014
and we have some good news.
582
00:33:37,643 --> 00:33:42,314
It is tempting on days like today,
in times like these,
583
00:33:42,856 --> 00:33:45,984
to contemplate the idea
of the chosen people.
584
00:33:48,362 --> 00:33:49,738
[Marshall] Chosen for what?
585
00:33:51,949 --> 00:33:53,742
Chosen... [clears throat]
586
00:33:54,743 --> 00:33:56,161
...to survive.
587
00:33:57,621 --> 00:34:02,960
I am pleased to announce,
our temple will not be destroyed.
588
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,587
- [applause, chattering]
- We praise the Lord
589
00:34:05,587 --> 00:34:08,172
for preserving our spiritual home,
590
00:34:08,172 --> 00:34:10,759
and we accept the responsibility
that comes with it.
591
00:34:10,759 --> 00:34:17,766
And we thank our leaders in Tallahassee
for this blessing.
592
00:34:22,728 --> 00:34:24,565
NoYeFe-47.
593
00:34:24,565 --> 00:34:27,943
I encourage anybody who is yet
to get their vaccine to do so,
594
00:34:27,943 --> 00:34:32,072
and report standing water
to the mosquito eradication centers.
595
00:34:32,072 --> 00:34:33,407
- Rabbi?
- Yeah?
596
00:34:33,407 --> 00:34:38,370
Did the Lord really save this temple
or is it the work of a man? A certain man?
597
00:34:38,370 --> 00:34:41,164
- Why would-- Whoa.
- You feed us one day and fuck us the next?
598
00:34:41,164 --> 00:34:44,208
- [Marshall] Um, excuse me?
- Shame on you, Rabbi.
599
00:34:44,208 --> 00:34:46,837
- I don't know-- I don't-- I--
- We trusted you! All of us!
600
00:34:46,837 --> 00:34:48,589
You all deserve what's coming!
601
00:34:48,589 --> 00:34:51,507
- Wait. Wait, what-- What--
- Hey, hey, you know what's coming?
602
00:34:51,507 --> 00:34:54,261
Social services to haul your ass away!
603
00:34:55,596 --> 00:34:57,264
Mr. Goldblatt, are you okay?
604
00:34:57,264 --> 00:34:58,932
- What?
- Nasty mosquito bite.
605
00:34:58,932 --> 00:35:03,604
Oh. No, no, no, it's a cyst.
I get 'em all the time. Yeah.
606
00:35:03,604 --> 00:35:07,900
Oh, uh, um--
my son w-wants to speak with you. Okay?
607
00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:09,318
Y-Yeah.
608
00:35:13,697 --> 00:35:15,365
What did you get me into?
609
00:35:16,033 --> 00:35:20,329
For someone to win, someone has to lose.
I think it says that in the Torah.
610
00:35:20,329 --> 00:35:22,831
No, that's basketball, not Torah.
611
00:35:24,082 --> 00:35:26,960
For what it's worth,
I didn't know keeping the synagogue
612
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:28,712
meant giving up the homeless center,
613
00:35:29,296 --> 00:35:31,924
but the state can't save
everything, Rabbi.
614
00:35:31,924 --> 00:35:34,843
Uh, only God can do that,
from what I understand.
615
00:35:36,053 --> 00:35:38,472
Where are all of those people
supposed to go?
616
00:35:38,472 --> 00:35:39,890
Not to be a dick, Rabbi,
617
00:35:39,890 --> 00:35:42,851
but, technically speaking,
they already were homeless.
618
00:35:42,851 --> 00:35:44,311
Can't they be that anywhere?
619
00:35:45,562 --> 00:35:48,232
We won, Rabbi. Focus on that.
620
00:35:48,857 --> 00:35:51,527
Think of all the good you can do
now that we're safe.
621
00:35:59,743 --> 00:36:04,373
Alpha, please bring up
all available content for Marshall Zucker.
622
00:36:04,998 --> 00:36:10,045
[Alpha] Social media, published articles,
interviews, purchases?
623
00:36:10,546 --> 00:36:12,422
All of it. [exhales]
624
00:36:12,422 --> 00:36:16,218
[Alpha]
From Alpha social, July 17th, 2037.
625
00:36:17,469 --> 00:36:19,721
We live in a time of crisis.
626
00:36:20,806 --> 00:36:21,890
Not far from here,
627
00:36:22,850 --> 00:36:26,395
environmentally displaced people
are in need of food and water.
628
00:36:27,646 --> 00:36:28,814
And rest assured...
629
00:36:37,656 --> 00:36:38,657
[knocks]
630
00:36:38,657 --> 00:36:41,243
- Go away. [sighs]
- It's like Elie Wiesel said,
631
00:36:41,243 --> 00:36:44,454
- [Harris] It's your grandfather, sweetie.
- "We must take sides.
632
00:36:45,497 --> 00:36:46,498
He's dead.
633
00:36:47,708 --> 00:36:51,211
Neutrality helps the oppressor,
never the victim."
634
00:36:51,211 --> 00:36:52,754
[klezmer playing]
635
00:37:02,806 --> 00:37:07,436
He said it was a sebaceous cyst.
Who dies of a sebaceous cyst?
636
00:37:08,103 --> 00:37:10,647
Mom, the doctor said
it was a mosquito bite.
637
00:37:10,647 --> 00:37:14,651
- Oh, a mosquito bite. [mutters]
- What happens next, Rabbi?
638
00:37:15,444 --> 00:37:18,197
- Pestilence. Floods. Heat.
- [Mrs. Goldblatt sobbing]
639
00:37:19,114 --> 00:37:22,743
Fires all over Georgia.
Famine in Latin America.
640
00:37:22,743 --> 00:37:24,828
Wars in Indonesia.
641
00:37:25,579 --> 00:37:27,998
Do you still don't think
God is trying to get our attention?
642
00:37:28,582 --> 00:37:32,377
God should always have our attention.
In good times, in bad.
643
00:37:33,086 --> 00:37:36,048
The closer we are to the Lord,
the closer the Lord is to us.
644
00:37:36,882 --> 00:37:38,133
That's how love works.
645
00:37:38,133 --> 00:37:42,638
But Alana is right, Rabbi.
What is happening to our world?
646
00:37:44,097 --> 00:37:46,475
- Um, well...
- [Mrs. Goldblatt sniffles]
647
00:37:48,852 --> 00:37:51,313
- a-a man has died.
- Yes.
648
00:37:51,313 --> 00:37:52,981
[Marshall] A powerful man.
649
00:37:52,981 --> 00:37:55,442
- [whimpers] Powerful.
- A-- A man who...
650
00:37:55,442 --> 00:37:58,403
- [Mrs. Goldblatt sniffles]
- ...who made a difference in the world.
651
00:37:58,403 --> 00:37:59,446
Uh, well...
652
00:37:59,446 --> 00:38:02,950
Hmm. But we all will die.
653
00:38:04,243 --> 00:38:06,411
It's not the tragedy of life,
just the end.
654
00:38:09,498 --> 00:38:11,959
[stammers]
Uh, to be precious, it must end.
655
00:38:16,630 --> 00:38:21,343
All I can tell you is that... [sighs]
656
00:38:21,343 --> 00:38:26,306
...sometimes faith means that we must
move forward without an answer,
657
00:38:28,016 --> 00:38:31,144
armed only with the knowledge
that an answer will come.
658
00:38:32,437 --> 00:38:33,438
In time.
659
00:38:34,857 --> 00:38:36,525
- [family member] Can I help you?
- [FBI agent] Stand back.
660
00:38:36,525 --> 00:38:38,569
- Do you understand anything?
- We're here for Harris Goldblatt.
661
00:38:38,569 --> 00:38:40,112
[family member] You can't just--
662
00:38:43,782 --> 00:38:46,034
Harris Goldblatt... [sighs] ...it's the FBI.
663
00:38:46,034 --> 00:38:48,579
You're under arrest.
You have the right to remain silent.
664
00:38:48,579 --> 00:38:50,414
[Zabler] His father just passed away.
665
00:38:50,414 --> 00:38:52,249
This man is in mourning.
666
00:38:52,249 --> 00:38:54,459
- Make this easy, Harris.
- [stammers] Excuse me.
667
00:38:54,459 --> 00:38:57,212
What's going on? I'm the r-rabbi here.
668
00:38:57,212 --> 00:38:59,548
- Mr. Goldblatt is under arrest.
- [Mrs. Goldblatt] For what?
669
00:38:59,548 --> 00:39:02,259
Bribery of a public official.
Conspiracy to commit bribery.
670
00:39:02,259 --> 00:39:04,011
- [Mrs. Goldblatt] Harris?
- Racketeering. Extortion.
671
00:39:04,011 --> 00:39:07,055
- No, I don't believe it.
- Look, whatever I did, I did for you.
672
00:39:07,055 --> 00:39:08,140
And you.
673
00:39:10,392 --> 00:39:13,687
And you, Rabbi.
I did what needed to be done.
674
00:39:13,687 --> 00:39:14,897
It's all sinking.
675
00:39:14,897 --> 00:39:18,650
[scoffs] And evidently, I'm the only one
of you who knows how to fucking swim.
676
00:39:19,443 --> 00:39:20,485
[Gabriela] What is this?
677
00:39:22,029 --> 00:39:23,864
- It's okay, sweetie.
- What do you mean it's okay?
678
00:39:23,864 --> 00:39:25,449
[Mrs. Goldblatt] Would you
please stop those--
679
00:39:25,449 --> 00:39:26,867
Just stop them at the--
680
00:39:29,161 --> 00:39:30,204
[wind whistling]
681
00:39:30,204 --> 00:39:33,916
[Alpha] Hurricane Stanley
is the 41st storm of 2047.
682
00:39:33,916 --> 00:39:38,253
Landfall is expected later this week
as a category 4 hurricane,
683
00:39:38,253 --> 00:39:43,175
bringing maximum sustained winds
of up to 150 miles per hour
684
00:39:43,175 --> 00:39:46,553
and a storm surge
of approximately 22 feet.
685
00:39:46,553 --> 00:39:48,722
Heavy rainfall will lead to flooding,
686
00:39:48,722 --> 00:39:53,644
and residents of Miami's low-lying areas
are encouraged to seek higher ground.
687
00:39:55,229 --> 00:39:58,899
[Marshall] Today, Alana Goldblatt
joins our congregation on this,
688
00:39:58,899 --> 00:40:00,943
the day of her bat mitzvah.
689
00:40:00,943 --> 00:40:03,278
She becomes a daughter of the commandment
690
00:40:03,278 --> 00:40:06,240
and becomes officially responsible
for her actions
691
00:40:06,240 --> 00:40:09,034
in the eyes of our community and God.
692
00:40:09,034 --> 00:40:12,621
Alana is a devoted student,
a seeker of truth.
693
00:40:12,621 --> 00:40:14,456
Today, Alana will speak to us
694
00:40:14,456 --> 00:40:16,625
about the destruction
of Sodom and Gomorrah.
695
00:40:18,877 --> 00:40:20,629
[Alana] Genesis 19.
696
00:40:23,465 --> 00:40:26,677
You all know that God burned Sodom
and Gomorrah to the ground,
697
00:40:26,677 --> 00:40:31,348
killed 65,000 people,
but the question is why?
698
00:40:31,348 --> 00:40:33,517
What did they do to deserve it?
699
00:40:34,685 --> 00:40:38,188
The rabbis speak of
"middah keneged middah."
700
00:40:38,772 --> 00:40:40,732
"Let the punishment fit its crime."
701
00:40:42,025 --> 00:40:45,779
Were they selfish? Were they cruel?
702
00:40:46,989 --> 00:40:50,242
Were they materialistic
and lacking in humility?
703
00:40:52,578 --> 00:40:54,955
Were they any different than us?
704
00:40:54,955 --> 00:40:56,164
[congregation murmuring]
705
00:40:56,164 --> 00:40:59,918
Come on. Did you think God was
just going to let your behavior slide?
706
00:41:00,961 --> 00:41:01,795
No.
707
00:41:03,213 --> 00:41:06,550
There is flooding five days a week
and houses on stilts
708
00:41:06,550 --> 00:41:09,678
because our city now floats
on the bodies of the poor.
709
00:41:11,847 --> 00:41:13,557
So make no mistake.
710
00:41:14,141 --> 00:41:19,688
Category 4 retribution
is coming at us at 153 miles an hour,
711
00:41:19,688 --> 00:41:24,026
and his name is Stan,
the 41st storm of the year.
712
00:41:25,110 --> 00:41:28,113
- So fuck the covenant, saith the Lord.
- Hey. Okay.
713
00:41:28,113 --> 00:41:29,573
Hey, Alana, that's about enough.
714
00:41:29,573 --> 00:41:32,117
God is going to wipe the planet clean
and start over.
715
00:41:32,117 --> 00:41:33,952
And who will he pick to survive?
716
00:41:33,952 --> 00:41:38,874
Clearly not my dad.
He-He bribes public officials.
717
00:41:41,043 --> 00:41:45,088
I don't have time
to wait for God's judgment.
718
00:41:45,088 --> 00:41:48,425
- [crying]
- It's okay. Let's take a break.
719
00:41:48,425 --> 00:41:51,386
- That's why I called the cops on him.
- [murmuring]
720
00:41:51,386 --> 00:41:54,431
- [Mrs. Goldblatt] Could somebody stop her?
- [Marshall] Hey, hey. No, hey.
721
00:41:54,431 --> 00:41:56,558
Alana, that's enough, all right.
722
00:41:56,558 --> 00:41:59,728
Now, I'll remind you as a--
as a daughter of the commandments,
723
00:41:59,728 --> 00:42:01,438
you have to honor your father
and mother. Now--
724
00:42:01,438 --> 00:42:04,399
- You want me to remind you of some things?
- Relax. It's fine.
725
00:42:04,399 --> 00:42:07,611
- Alpha, play Marshall Zucker...
- We'll go back. We'll--
726
00:42:07,611 --> 00:42:10,822
...July 17th, 2037.
727
00:42:10,822 --> 00:42:13,158
We live in a time of crisis.
728
00:42:14,493 --> 00:42:15,827
Not far from here,
729
00:42:16,662 --> 00:42:20,374
environmentally displaced people
are in need of food and water.
730
00:42:21,416 --> 00:42:22,751
And rest assured,
731
00:42:22,751 --> 00:42:26,922
any leader who is not trying
to improve the situation is complicit.
732
00:42:28,298 --> 00:42:32,261
It's like Elie Wiesel said,
"We must take sides.
733
00:42:32,261 --> 00:42:36,682
{\an8}Neutrality helps the oppressor,
never the victim."
734
00:42:38,475 --> 00:42:41,103
But you left Israel, didn't you?
735
00:42:41,854 --> 00:42:44,648
You let those refugees
fend for themselves.
736
00:42:44,648 --> 00:42:46,984
No, you have no idea
what I went through in Israel.
737
00:42:46,984 --> 00:42:49,486
- Or why I left.
- I do know that you stood by here again,
738
00:42:49,486 --> 00:42:50,821
and right here in Miami,
739
00:42:50,821 --> 00:42:54,408
while the homeless you so dearly love
lost their shelter.
740
00:42:54,408 --> 00:42:56,869
- I didn't know.
- Or maybe you didn't wanna know.
741
00:43:02,165 --> 00:43:03,709
[congregation murmuring]
742
00:43:13,010 --> 00:43:14,761
- [thunder rumbling]
- You can't just resign.
743
00:43:14,761 --> 00:43:18,807
Yeah, of course I can. That's what you do
when you disgrace the position.
744
00:43:18,807 --> 00:43:22,436
So, we're letting a 13-year-old girl
tell us who we are in the world?
745
00:43:22,436 --> 00:43:26,481
Maybe she should be rabbi.
At least she didn't sell out the homeless.
746
00:43:26,481 --> 00:43:29,109
I don't see what the problem is.
Are we somehow better people
747
00:43:29,109 --> 00:43:31,111
if we just silently sink below the waves?
748
00:43:31,987 --> 00:43:35,407
Maybe Alana Goldblatt was right.
Maybe this is Sodom and Gomorrah.
749
00:43:35,407 --> 00:43:39,203
What are you talking about, Rabbi?
Nobody's turning to a pillar of salt.
750
00:43:39,203 --> 00:43:41,330
We've been zoned for preservation.
751
00:43:42,456 --> 00:43:45,292
What-- Like you said, next year in Miami.
752
00:43:45,292 --> 00:43:47,628
- [thunder rumbling]
- What the fuck?
753
00:43:50,088 --> 00:43:51,215
[sighs]
754
00:43:52,090 --> 00:43:53,759
So, is your dad going to jail?
755
00:43:53,759 --> 00:43:55,344
The Miami jail is already flooded,
756
00:43:55,344 --> 00:44:00,140
so as soon as the bat mitzvah was over,
they shipped him upstate to Raiford.
757
00:44:00,766 --> 00:44:03,727
- Does that make you an orphan?
- Not technically.
758
00:44:07,231 --> 00:44:10,484
My dad still has one of his snorkel boats.
We're leaving soon.
759
00:44:12,528 --> 00:44:15,697
Alpha, when will Stanley make landfall?
760
00:44:16,698 --> 00:44:20,827
[Alpha] Hurricane Stanley is now expected
to make landfall at 8:00 p.m.
761
00:44:20,827 --> 00:44:25,958
Storm surge is expected to exceed 27 feet
in the greater Miami area.
762
00:44:25,958 --> 00:44:28,627
What about the sea wall?
That'll hold, right?
763
00:44:28,627 --> 00:44:30,796
The Biscayne Bay sea wall has been built
764
00:44:30,796 --> 00:44:34,132
to withstand storm surges
of up to 25 feet.
765
00:44:34,132 --> 00:44:35,050
[knocks]
766
00:44:36,885 --> 00:44:38,595
Alana, honey, Max really needs to go now.
767
00:44:39,763 --> 00:44:41,807
I think you'd better leave. [sighs]
768
00:44:41,807 --> 00:44:43,976
- Will I see you again?
- Who knows?
769
00:44:57,239 --> 00:44:58,907
[thunder rumbling]
770
00:45:09,543 --> 00:45:12,004
Fuck 'em. You saved the synagogue.
771
00:45:12,004 --> 00:45:14,339
You think other religions
don't have problems?
772
00:45:14,339 --> 00:45:15,257
Mom.
773
00:45:15,257 --> 00:45:17,968
Your father would be
so proud of you right now.
774
00:45:17,968 --> 00:45:21,305
- You know that, don't you?
- Okay. Mom, why are you using an avatar?
775
00:45:21,305 --> 00:45:22,389
What's an "atabar"?
776
00:45:22,389 --> 00:45:24,683
- Is that a sex thing?
- [stammers] It's-- No, it isn't.
777
00:45:24,683 --> 00:45:26,727
Uh, is your sister there
to help you with this?
778
00:45:26,727 --> 00:45:30,606
You go back to the temple,
and you tell that Margo Tillman
779
00:45:30,606 --> 00:45:33,358
that your mother knows
she used to give hand jobs
780
00:45:33,358 --> 00:45:35,319
to the golf pro at Mar-a-Lago.
781
00:45:35,319 --> 00:45:38,989
M-- Um, look, the news is saying
we have to evacuate,
782
00:45:38,989 --> 00:45:41,158
Mom, so you were right to leave.
783
00:45:41,158 --> 00:45:44,369
I thought you were
a spiritual first responder.
784
00:45:44,369 --> 00:45:46,079
The people need you now.
785
00:45:46,079 --> 00:45:50,626
The people of Temple Israel,
they need their rabbi.
786
00:45:50,626 --> 00:45:52,753
No, Mom, I'm not their rabbi anymore.
787
00:45:52,753 --> 00:45:56,798
- I can't hear you. Sounded like you said--
- I said I'm not their rabbi anymore.
788
00:45:57,299 --> 00:45:58,759
Then what are you?
789
00:46:02,012 --> 00:46:04,848
You go back to the temple, and tell--
790
00:46:04,848 --> 00:46:06,767
[electricity hums]
791
00:46:10,229 --> 00:46:11,480
[Alpha] Civil defense alarm.
792
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:15,567
The sea wall in Biscayne Bay
has been breached by Hurricane Stanley.
793
00:46:16,068 --> 00:46:17,819
Please head to higher ground.
794
00:46:20,864 --> 00:46:22,491
[sniffles, clears throat]
795
00:46:30,165 --> 00:46:31,917
- [Marshall] Oh.
- [gasps]
796
00:46:31,917 --> 00:46:33,335
- [chuckles] Hey.
- Hey.
797
00:46:34,044 --> 00:46:37,464
I didn't know who to call.
The pumps are failing. Too much water.
798
00:46:38,257 --> 00:46:40,175
[stammers] The Torah.
799
00:46:52,771 --> 00:46:54,481
Oh. [sighs]
800
00:46:55,983 --> 00:46:57,901
- [Marshall grunts]
- [Julia] Okay.
801
00:46:57,901 --> 00:47:01,530
- All right. [grunting]
- [breathing heavily]
802
00:47:02,739 --> 00:47:05,659
- [Marshall] Ah.
- [siren wailing]
803
00:47:19,214 --> 00:47:20,674
[chuckles] Can you...
804
00:47:24,344 --> 00:47:26,305
[grunting, strains]
805
00:47:29,516 --> 00:47:32,311
[grunts] Okay.
806
00:47:33,562 --> 00:47:35,856
- Oh, cover it.
- Uh, yeah. Yeah, like that. Exactly.
807
00:47:36,356 --> 00:47:40,152
Just-- I mean-- I mean, right? [chuckles]
808
00:47:40,152 --> 00:47:41,278
That works. [chuckles]
809
00:47:41,278 --> 00:47:44,489
- I think it's-- it's all right.
- Yeah.
810
00:47:50,287 --> 00:47:53,457
We gotta get out of here. [grunting]
811
00:47:55,334 --> 00:47:57,544
[Marshall] A storm descends on a town.
812
00:47:57,544 --> 00:48:00,297
- [Julia] Be careful. Watch out.
- Could be yours, could be mine.
813
00:48:01,131 --> 00:48:03,759
The downpour soon turns into a flood.
814
00:48:04,384 --> 00:48:06,887
As the waters rise,
the rabbi goes to the synagogue
815
00:48:06,887 --> 00:48:08,263
to save the Torah.
816
00:48:08,263 --> 00:48:10,849
[glass breaking]
817
00:48:11,725 --> 00:48:13,685
- [Julia grunts] Whoa!
- [Marshall chuckles]
818
00:48:15,020 --> 00:48:17,022
[Marshall]
The rabbi goes out into the street
819
00:48:17,022 --> 00:48:19,441
when Moishe, the butcher,
comes by in a canoe.
820
00:48:19,441 --> 00:48:20,734
"Better get in, Rabbi."
821
00:48:20,734 --> 00:48:22,444
- What about your car?
- Yeah.
822
00:48:22,986 --> 00:48:24,655
The waters are rising fast.
823
00:48:25,322 --> 00:48:29,910
"No," says the rabbi. "I have faith
in the Lord. He will save me."
824
00:48:30,536 --> 00:48:32,120
Still the waters rise.
825
00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:33,580
Look at it out there, Rabbi.
826
00:48:35,332 --> 00:48:36,333
Um.
827
00:48:37,668 --> 00:48:42,256
Technically, I don't think
I'm the rabbi here anymore.
828
00:48:46,260 --> 00:48:47,261
[thunder rumbling]
829
00:48:47,261 --> 00:48:48,428
Look.
830
00:48:49,179 --> 00:48:50,430
- [helicopter whirring]
- Oh.
831
00:48:50,430 --> 00:48:52,474
- Can they see us?
- I don't know.
832
00:48:55,811 --> 00:48:57,813
Hey! Hey!
833
00:49:02,025 --> 00:49:05,112
- Hey! Hey!
- Down here!
834
00:49:05,696 --> 00:49:08,949
Hey! What do we do? [pants]
835
00:49:10,742 --> 00:49:11,952
We can go up.
836
00:49:13,537 --> 00:49:14,538
[Marshall grunts]
837
00:49:15,706 --> 00:49:18,792
The rabbi is trying to get himself
and the Torah to higher ground,
838
00:49:18,792 --> 00:49:21,503
when Benyamin the tailor
zips up to him in a motorboat.
839
00:49:22,129 --> 00:49:24,423
"Come on, Rabbi.
We need to get you outta here.
840
00:49:24,923 --> 00:49:27,176
- The levee is gonna break any minute."
- [Julia grunts]
841
00:49:27,176 --> 00:49:28,844
But the rabbi waves him away.
842
00:49:28,844 --> 00:49:32,806
"I believe in the Torah.
The Lord will see me through."
843
00:49:32,806 --> 00:49:35,058
- [both panting]
- Let me help you with that, Rabbi.
844
00:49:37,394 --> 00:49:41,315
Hey. Uh, if you could call me Marshall,
845
00:49:42,191 --> 00:49:43,692
I'd really appreciate it.
846
00:49:45,277 --> 00:49:46,445
[Marshall pants]
847
00:49:49,323 --> 00:49:51,200
And the levee does break.
848
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:55,329
And the flood rushes through the town,
sweeping away everything in its path.
849
00:49:58,207 --> 00:50:01,877
Still, the rabbi clings to the Torah
as the waters carry him away,
850
00:50:02,586 --> 00:50:03,670
and he ends up snagged
851
00:50:03,670 --> 00:50:06,840
in the highest branches
of the highest tree...
852
00:50:24,316 --> 00:50:26,068
...when, out of the storm,
a helicopter appears.
853
00:50:26,068 --> 00:50:27,986
[Julia] Oh. Hey!
854
00:50:27,986 --> 00:50:30,239
And a state trooper calls down to him
through a megaphone,
855
00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:32,074
- [Julia] Hey!
- "Grab the ladder, Rabbi!
856
00:50:32,074 --> 00:50:33,992
This is your last chance!"
857
00:50:33,992 --> 00:50:34,910
[Julia grunts]
858
00:50:34,910 --> 00:50:37,496
But the rabbi insists
the Lord will deliver him.
859
00:50:37,496 --> 00:50:39,122
- [helicopter whirring]
- And predictably...
860
00:50:39,122 --> 00:50:40,958
- [Julia] Hey!
- ...he drowns.
861
00:50:42,835 --> 00:50:46,296
A pious man, the rabbi goes to heaven,
where he asks,
862
00:50:47,047 --> 00:50:49,633
"Lord, I had unwavering faith in you.
863
00:50:50,968 --> 00:50:53,011
Why didn't you deliver me
from that flood?"
864
00:51:02,062 --> 00:51:04,857
[Julia] Come on, Rabbi. Finish it.
865
00:51:06,149 --> 00:51:10,737
So, God turns to the rabbi and says,
866
00:51:10,737 --> 00:51:14,491
"Well, I sent you two boats
and a helicopter. What more do you want?"
867
00:51:14,491 --> 00:51:16,326
[laughing]
868
00:51:18,245 --> 00:51:20,330
I guess we're all homeless now, Rabbi.
869
00:51:21,623 --> 00:51:22,958
I'm sorry, Elijah.
870
00:51:34,386 --> 00:51:35,637
You made it.
871
00:51:36,889 --> 00:51:37,890
So did you.
872
00:51:39,308 --> 00:51:41,143
I'm glad you're alive.
873
00:51:41,143 --> 00:51:43,061
Me too. [chuckles]
874
00:51:47,482 --> 00:51:51,612
Uh, hey, Rabbi,
you never really answered my question.
875
00:51:51,612 --> 00:51:55,282
What question might that be, Alana?
You have so many.
876
00:51:55,282 --> 00:52:00,621
If God loves us, why not intervene?
Why so much suffering?
877
00:52:00,621 --> 00:52:02,497
Yeah, why is that?
878
00:52:03,207 --> 00:52:04,750
[chuckles, sucks teeth]
879
00:52:08,170 --> 00:52:11,590
Moses, he asked God
the same question you have.
880
00:52:12,966 --> 00:52:14,218
"Why so much suffering?
881
00:52:15,844 --> 00:52:17,804
And if you're so powerful,
why not stop it?"
882
00:52:18,764 --> 00:52:20,933
And did God give him an answer?
883
00:52:22,851 --> 00:52:23,852
Yeah, he did.
884
00:52:25,062 --> 00:52:26,146
What was it?
885
00:52:27,231 --> 00:52:33,237
[inhales] Basically, it was,
"I'd tell you, but you wouldn't understand
886
00:52:33,237 --> 00:52:35,614
because you're a human, and I'm God."
887
00:52:37,950 --> 00:52:39,910
That's it? That's the answer?
888
00:52:42,371 --> 00:52:45,624
Being human? Yeah, it has to be.
889
00:53:01,723 --> 00:53:03,517
I think the answer is...
890
00:53:06,103 --> 00:53:07,479
it's up to us.
891
00:53:25,622 --> 00:53:28,250
[Marshall humming "Singin' in the Rain"]
892
00:53:36,925 --> 00:53:40,554
[both humming, chuckling]
893
00:53:46,518 --> 00:53:48,520
["Singin' in the Rain" playing]