Rabbi at the Temple Shearith Israel.

S4E3 - The Maisels and Weissmans attend Akiva Bergman's bar mitzvah. Also in attendance are Pauly (with his wife), Stevie (with her husband and children) and Edie (with her sister). During the penultimate aliyah man's performance, the family begins to pick up on a hostile air directed towards them. Rabbi Huebsche keeps glancing angrily towards Abe and making barbed remarks. The final Aliyah, which was supposed to be done by Moishe, is given to David Ben Nasan without warning. Only once it is in progress does Akiva's Mom come up and tell Moishe about the supposed mixup. Eventually, the tension boils over and Abe learns that they are angry at him for trashing Buzz's play in the Village Voice. Pauly, Stevie, Edie, the Rabbi, and an older woman seated behind them all go in particularly hard on Abe. Eventually, he agrees to leave so that the proceedings can continue, but not before warning them that his honesty will continue.

HUEBSCHE: Yasher koiach! Akiva, you did a wonderful job. Now, before we proceed with Hagbah, please tell everyone here about your Torah portion. In one word, what is it about?
AKIVA: Bravery.
HUEBSCHE: Yes, well, uh, bravery is very interesting, Akiva, and very noble. But is it as important as… Loyalty?
– S4E3

HUEBSCHE: What's more important, Abraham - your 'public' or your people? We escaped the jaws of Hitler for this?
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ABE: Truth, huh? Truth? Well, there's nothing in the Hebrew Bible indicating that Cain killed Abel with a knife. So much for your truth.
PAULY: Yes, there is. The Book of Genesis, Cain killed Abel, and it's implied it was with a knife.
ABE: Rabbi, chime in here.
HUEBSCHE: The Torah says that Cain was a worker of the ground.
ABE: Exactly, so it was most likely a hoe or a trowel. He didn't carry a knife.
– S4E3

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