I do not essentially need to be the rabbi on file saying that Jewish ladies are sizzling, however there was a selection right here the right way to depict Jewish ladies. I actually did not like that scene with the engagement ring the place [Rabbi Noah’s initial girlfriend Rebecca] has gone and located it. It felt so unfair to her out of the gate. I did not love the depiction by Tovah Feldshuh [who plays Bina, Rabbi Noah’s mother]. This rigidity round our dad and mom wanting us to marry Jews—I went by way of that. My grandparents are Holocaust survivors. It was very a lot pushed into our household story. I do not even bear in mind my dad and mom telling me to marry a Jew, I simply bear in mind realizing it. And I additionally see the way in which that that’s altering, shifting, and evolving in quite a lot of methods, as a result of I do suppose discovering a reference to somebody you’re keen on is inherently an enormous worth that I maintain.
I simply want he had introduced the conversion up earlier and extra thoughtfully like, “Hey, I am actually into you and I simply need you to know this can be a factor I’ve to no less than take into consideration.” The truth that it was slightly little bit of an afterthought felt unrealistic—for [a] rabbi, of all individuals. You can have nonetheless informed this story about how he is wrestling with this identification and this profession that’s not congruous in quite a lot of methods with partnering with a non-Jewish individual. It did not want to return on the expense of this depiction of his household and his congregants and his pals. That half simply felt pointless.
Let’s wrap up with some faster questions. Can somebody afford a home like his on an affiliate rabbi wage?
Quick reply, no. I am renting in Silver Lake. I imply, he appears a couple of years additional alongside in his profession, in that he is up for this promotion, however Silver Lake is without doubt one of the most costly zip codes in America. A rabbi wage would possibly purchase you that within the suburbs of Chicago the place quite a lot of my good pals are rabbis, but it surely’s not getting you that in Silver Lake.
Additionally, possibly I used to be studying an excessive amount of into it, however that is one other one in all my criticisms of the present: They did not have to make his household so wealthy. To me, that is how I learn the home.
Rabbi Noah solely appears to solely put on a yarmulke when he is doing official rabbi stuff. Does that ring true?
That is really not unusual for a Reform rabbi, particularly for the boys. Actually, you are seeing the ways in which he isn’t a historically observant Jew. He is taking part in his basketball recreation on Saturdays on Shabbat. He went out to dinner proper after providers Friday evening. Once more, there are totally different ranges of follow, however I am having Shabbat meals at residence. I am not spending cash on Shabbat.
Can rabbis smoke weed?
Sure. I imply, there’s nonetheless going to be a stigma round it, however sure.
In the event you have been going to function a nouveau Eastside bagel place, would you may have picked the Yeastie Boys truck just like the present did, or would you may have chosen someplace else?
I’d not have essentially picked Yeastie Boys. One among our congregants owns Maury’s, so we at all times do our Nefesh bagels at Maury’s. Look, I do not need to unhealthy mouth any enterprise, however Maury’s is the place I get bagels from.
