Angels in America (TV Mini Series)

Millennium Approaches: Bad News (2003)

Ben Shenkman: Louis Ironson

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• Louis Ironson : Rabbi, what does the Holy Writ say about someone who abandons someone he loves at a time of great need?

  The Rabbi : Why would a person do such a thing?

  Louis Ironson : Because he has to. Maybe this person can't jncorporate sickness into is sense of how things are supposed to go. Maybe vomiting and sores and disease really frighten him. Maybe he isn't so good with death.

  The Rabbi : The Holy Scripture has nothing to say about such a person.

  Louis Ironson : Rabbi, I'm afraid of the crimes I may commit.

  The Rabbi : Please, mister, I'm a sick old rabbi facing a long drive home to the Bronx. You want to confess, better you should find a priest.

  Louis Ironson : I'm not a Catholic, I'm a Jew.

  The Rabbi : Worse luck for you, bubeleh. Catholics believe in forgiveness. Jews believe in guilt.