The Believer Page #3

You know, this is his strength.

Take the greatest Jewish minds - Marx,|Freud, Einstein. What have they given us?

Communism, infantile sexuality|and the atom bomb.

ln the three centuries it's taken these people|to emerge from the ghettos of Europe,...

..they've ripped us out of a world of order|and reason, thrown us into class warfare,...

..irrational urges, relativity,...

..into a world where the very existence|of matter and meaning is in question!

Why?!

Cos it's the deepest impulse of a Jewish|soul to pull at the very fabric of life...

..till there's nothing left but a thread.

They want nothing but nothingness.

Nothingness without end.

Wow.

Danny, this is great.

You're incredibly articulate.

But one thing.

How can you believe all of this,...

..when... when you're a Jew yourself?

Excuse me?

Do you know a Rabbi Stanley Nadelman?

- He was at the Congregation Ohev Zedek.|- No... l... Who?

How would l know him?

He said you were bar mitzvahed there|in March of 1 888.

And you believe that?|And you call yourself a real reporter?

OK, so you say that's not true?

Do l look Jewish to you?

- Look at this!|- Were you bar mitzvahed anywhere else?

Do you have any idea|who you're f***in' with here?

No.

Who am l f***ing with here?

- Not a...|- Not a what?

F*** you.

Why would Nadelman lie to me?

To discredit me.

- (mumbles)|- l know who they are.

l already explained this to you, Guy.

These people could say and do anything|and they will. lt's all narrative.

Are you gonna put what he said|in your paper?

- Give me a reason not to.|- Cos it's slander.

lt's reckless disregard. Cos l'm gonna|sue your f***in' Jew paper, that's why.

So you're denying what he said is true?

Yes or no?

All right. Take it easy.

Hey.

Look at me, Guy.|You can't even look at me now, right?

(choking) OK.

- Please don't...|- You put that in the New York Times, Guy,...

(gags)

..and l'm gonna kill myself.

Avi, go ask Rabbi Springer to come|and remove Danny from my cIass.

Danny! DanieI BaIint!

Come back!

ls this it?

Thought there was people here.

l'll go look.

Hey, we're from New York.

- Curtis Zampf invited us.|- Who?

- l don't know no Curtis.|- Then why are you all here?

- Circle jerk?|- Yeah. Wanna join in?

- You look pretty good.|- l pitch.

(laughs)

- Whit. What's up?|- Billings.

Hi.

- Carlton.|- Danny.

How you doin'?

- F***!|- Hoo!

All right!

F***er!

Welcome, fuckface.

(chatter and laughter)

Hey, give me a kiss!

You're not in New York any more!

(gags)

F***!

Get up! Get up!

- (coughs)|- Huh?

- Huh?|- (retches)

Which room was his room?

He had a small cabin down there.

- Wow.|- Man.

Look. Hitler in '38 took out the RAF,...

..which he could've easily, easily done.

Then he could've taken England. Then|the US would never have had to frickin'...

But he blew it by going after civilians.|Just like he blew it in Russia.

Stalingrad?

Gettysburg.

We're re-fighting it|with World War l technology.

lt's a f***in' bloodbath.

lt's about time somebody kicked|that guy's ass. He's a f***in' animal.

Not any more.

You shoulda done it.

Yeah, right(!)|Like l could do something like that.

Die, motherf***er!

You guys know anything about explosives?

Hell, yeah.

Good.

Remember, you control the gun.|The gun doesn't control you.

Relax. Take a deep breath.|Let it out as you pull the trigger.

OK. Again.

Which one were you aiming at?

Father.

Oh, check this guy out.

Hey, Drake!

Nice shooting.

Lina, the prisoner returns.

Danny! Help yourself to a drink.|l'll be there in a moment.

Why won't you talk to me?

- When can l see you?|- You can't.

l gotta go see my father.

- l'm coming to your room tonight.|- No, you're not.

l'm coming whether you like it or not.

(Lina) Carla!

Fine.

But not through the house. They'll hear you.

Use the porch roof.

l'll leave the window open.

(scraping metal)

(deep breaths)

Danny.

l was coming to say goodbye.|l'm going to Boston. Convert the lefties.

- Where's Mrs Moebius and, uh,...|- Carla?

She left about an hour ago.

How soon can you be back in the city?

'Bout a week or so.

There's something l wanna do out here first.

What's that?

Make an impact.

Skater boy!

Nice board, kid.

- Take the Pap smear to go!|- (laughter)

The gentile fish...

Oh, like his hair(!)

Who does your hair?

- What's Drake having?|- (laughter)

He'll have the waiter.

- You guys know what you want?|- We sure do.

Can l get a... a ham and cheese on white?

We don't serve ham, we don't serve cheese.

Well, it said white...|What the f*** do you serve?

That's why you have the menus.

Can l have roast beef with Swiss?

We don't serve cheese.

- What's wrong with cheese?|- This is a kosher restaurant.

We don't serve meat with dairy.

What about with chicken?

Chicken's meat.

Says in the Bible,|you don't seethe a kid in its mother's milk,...

..but chickens don't give milk.

You guys want cheese that badly,|there's a pizza place right next door.

lt's stupid, though, right?|Admit that it's stupid.

- You ever milk a chicken?|- (laughter)

No. l won't admit it's stupid.

You can have chickens with eggs,|but not with milk?

Why's that?

Steve.

Maybe Steve can explain it.

Hi, Steve!

- (sniggering)|- Steve, come here. You can explain it to us.

(jeering) Stevie got a stick!

No, no. Let's ask him. Hey.

- Got a problem here?|- We sure f***in' do, b*tch.

We don't understand|why you can't have chicken with milk.

lt doesn't make sense.

- Religion's not about making sense.|- lt's about the incomprehensible, Steve.

Not the idiotic!

(chuckles)

F*** you.

''F*** you.''

That explains it. Now we understand.

- Don't point your f***in' finger in his face.|- All right. Why don't you guys just go?

lt's my store.

Whoa! Whoa!

Well,...

..since this fight seems to have been|instigated equally by both sides,...

..l'm going to give you a choice.

You can spend 30 days in jail,...

..or you can take some sensitivity training...

..with some people whose experiences|have been a bit different from yours.

When l refused to have sex with him,...

..the warden ordered my sister Esther shot...

..right in front of me.

Everyone considered it my fault,|so after that, of course,...

..l did anything he wanted.

Wouldn't wanna f*** her anyway.

(laughs)

One more remark like that and we go|back to court for resentencing. Sit down!

Please.

He was a pig like you, so,...

..perhaps he had no taste.

Thank you,...

..Mrs Frankel.

The man was afraid...

..to let us hide on his farm any longer,...

..but he agreed to take us|to a more remote place.

But...

..on the way,|he was stopped by a checkpoint.

When the soldiers found us in the hay,...

..one of them tried to take my son|out of my arms.

He began to cry, so l... l held onto him,...

..not to refuse the soldier,|but simply, simply...

..to assure my son l was there.

But... the sergeant became enraged.

He stuck his bayonet...

..in my son's chest...

..and lifted him up, impaled on it.

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