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  • 5 months ago
Written By

Nathan Silver

C. Mason Wells



Directed By

Nathan Silver



Cast

Jason Schwartzman

Carol Kane

Dolly de Leon

Caroline Aaron

Robert Smigel

Madeline Weinstein

Matthew Shear



Synopsis

A cantor (Jason Schwartzman) in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher (Carol Kane) re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student.
Transcript
00:00Let us start with the Kabbalah Shabbat service led by our very own Cantor Ben.
00:06Yadid.
00:12You should probably fire me. I would fire me. We're not gonna do that then.
00:16Because my mom's are both big donors to the temple. That is not a small
00:20consideration.
00:30What are you looking at? Nothing. Calling me nothing? Mm-hmm.
00:35Are you okay? Mrs. O'Connor. Do I know you? Ben Gottlieb. Benjamin Gottlieb. You were my
00:42music teacher. I worked down at the Temple Sinai. I'm a Cantor. So
00:46interesting because I'm an Aquarius. We're opposite. Cantor. Dr. Blodnick is
00:53unattached. You know my daughter Gabby. Gabby Benjamin. Hi, I'm Leah. I'm here for
00:59our Shay date. Excuse me? Mrs. O'Connor. Hi. This is a bat mitzvah class. I saw it on the
01:05website. So you want to have a bat mitzvah? Jeez, Benny, you're a sharp one. Your mother has
01:13decided to have her bat mitzvah and I'm gonna give it to her. This is classic
01:17Carla. What's so funny? Isn't it hilarious, Mom? You can sing. I heard you sing. I can't sing, but I can't
01:23sing. Come on, you got a big voice in there. That's the voice. That's the voice. She might be able to handle this. If anyone can do it, it will be her.
01:35Carla just taught me that music is the sound you make. I want you to be happy.
01:42It's okay to be loud and to be sloppy.
01:50There's cheese in this meat? That's not kosher. Those two things, they go together so well. Why are you in my pajamas?
01:57Shabbat shalom!