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about a certain individual

who's on the board of the dean's advisory

at Harvard Business School.

Okay, Norman. Thank you.

No, no. Thank you, Hanna.

Thank you very much.

You can go back to your

very important work right now.

I know, I'm sorry for interrupting you.

And you're doing a great job.

I mean that, a really great job.

- Thanks.

- The prime minister appreciates it.

Just don't forget me.

(HANNA AND DUBY SPEAKING IN HEBREW)

HANNA:
What do I do with him?

DUBY:
Norman does not get past you.

No matter what.

If he gets obsessive...

...take his call once every few days

so he doesn't get paranoid.

HANNA:
Do you think the PM

asked him for something?

Isn't Davidy applying to Harvard?

I don't care.

Don't worry about Norman.

In his head, he just had a conversation

with the Prime Minister of Israel.

Yeah, I got a call

with Eshel this evening, but,

you know, I brought it up with his main man,

Duby already.

I think it's going to be okay. He's...

He's being very practical about things.

He says he can fix it,

but he wants the exact information,

so if you can send me an email

with your colleague's name please...

No. No e-mails, Norman.

His name is Matthias Kone.

He is an official in the treasury department

in the Ivory Coast.

Eshel's office will need to reach out to him.

We are not involved.

Rabbi! It's Norman.

I know, I've been calling you all morning.

Why don't you answer your phone?

I'm answering now.

Do you want to hear what I have to say?

Yeah. You spoke to him? What did he say?

Let's just say, get ready for a big surprise.

How many zeros

are at the end of this surprise?

- Can you tell me that at least?

- Come on.

A considerable surprise. That's it.

I gotta go, Rabbi.

No, no, Norman, you realize

how important this is, right?

We are going to get kicked out of here.

You need to give us a firm answer.

No games, Norman.

- Hold on. Hold...

- No time for...

I can't hear a word you're saying.

Norman? Norman?

God damn it!

How is the rabbi

connected to this again, Norman?

Remind me. Why am I doing this?

Do you want Rabbi Blumenthal

to marry you or not?

All you have to do is you pick up the phone,

call one of your buddies at Harvard

on behalf of the Prime Minister of Israel.

Is that really so difficult for you?

Don't belittle what I'm doing, okay?

In the world of Harvard admissions,

this is the biggest no-no in the book.

It's like incest. It's taboo.

That's funny, because Rabbi Blumenthal

is going to think exactly the same thing

when he finds out I'm asking him

to marry a Cohen and a convert,

who hasn't even officially converted.

(WHISPERS) Oh, f***.

Jo, something very, very big is going on.

I can't be more specific than that,

but if you saw the papers this morning,

you're gonna have some idea

what I'm talking about...

I'm not following you, Norman.

Did you speak to him or not?

No, but I'm going to read

the latest message I got from Hanna.

Who is Hanna?

- (LINE RINGING)

- (CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

Hanna is Duby's assistant.

- BILL:
Who's Duby?

- Well, that's what I'm trying to explain.

(STUTTERING) Look, Eshel and Duby are now at

the national security committee as we speak,

but there's no way

that I'm going to be able to get to them.

Hanna, on the other hand,

is just outside that closed door.

- She's gonna help us...

- Norman, cut the bullshit!

When you get Eshel on the phone

then call me back when he says yes to you!

Until then don't waste my time!

Yeah, Jo, but this is time-sensitive.

Look, I've got to tell Rabbi Blumenthal

that you're gonna give the money

because someone else

is gonna buy that building...

Rabbi Blumenthal is not my f***ing problem!

They're going to launch a war in Syria

that's gonna turn into World War III!

I don't give a sh*t

who started World War III.

He's got a country to run. He's busy!

Yeah, well, so am I. Goodbye, Norman!

F***ing windbag.

Philip, it's a call, it's a call.

BLUMENTHAL:
Norman, why haven't you

returned my phone calls?

PHILIP:
Deliver that rabbi, Norman.

Why do I get the feeling

that nothing you tell me is real?

(HEAVY BREATHING)

(LINE RINGING)

(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

(VIBRATING)

It's done. Eshel's son is on the list.

You don't want to know what this cost me,

but he is on the list.

Now please, if I decide to marry a camel

with three humps,

- this rabbi still better be there with his tallis.

- (PANTING)

Thank you, Philip.

You'll have your rabbi tomorrow.

5:
00 p.m. I'll call you, okay?

(EXHALES)

(SNIFFS)

(LINE RINGING)

(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

(LINE CONTINUES RINGING)

I might have a donor who will match

your pledges up to seven million.

In other words,

if you come up with seven million,

half of the amount, the building's yours.

I mean, ours.

Who's the donor?

(SIGHS) I'm sorry, I can't say.

He will remain anonymous.

Who donates $7 million

and wants to stay anonymous?

- That doesn't make sense.

- MAN 1:
What do you care?

He's a modest man.

As long as he's good for it.

That's a legitimate question.

It's a lot of money,

we should know who the donor is.

MAN 2:
Do we know who this person is?

Is he sitting here right now in this room?

What? Maybe this is

a money laundering scheme.

I have a feeling I know

who we are talking about.

Does his last name start with an R?

Are we playing guessing games now?

If he can say goodbye to $7 million,

why won't he just buy the whole thing?

I mean, it's just a number to these people.

- It's not real money.

- MAN 3:
Seven million is real.

MAN 4:
When you get to hundreds

of millions, that's another story.

BLUMENTHAL:
Let's not get greedy.

This is a very generous gift.

And it should motivate our entire community

to become involved.

Thanks to Norman here,

we are only $7 million away

from finally owning our home.

But we need some kind of letter.

I mean, how do we even know

- this guy exists?

- A letter of intent.

- With all due respect, okay?

- We do need a letter.

Some kind of written commitment...

You can get us a letter, right?

- A formal letter...

- It should be notarized. Should be notarized.

And the money should be in escrow.

Okay. Escrow.

BLUMENTHAL:
You sure

you can't tell me who it is?

I probably should know.

I'd like to thank him.

Just between you and me. Is it Arthur Taub?

(CHUCKLES)

He was very clear about remaining anonymous.

But, can you tell me why he is doing this?

He can afford it. He knows me.

I told him... I told him about the community,

you know,

the history of the building, everything.

And why does he insist

on remaining anonymous?

If people knew he did this kind of thing,

there would be hundreds of other requests.

(STUTTERING) You know, this is not the usual

type of charity that he gives to. This...

This is something he did especially for me.

He did it as a favor to me.

Well. It is a good thing.

So please thank him on behalf of all of us.

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Not that raising the other half

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