A Shtetl Rabbi (a Jewish comedy)

by Lojo Simon

A remote Hungarian town looks to a new source of revenue: Religious tourism, which centers around the grave of a Wonder Rabbi, who answers prayers and performs miracles, even in death. The only problem: the Wonder Rabbi never existed, and the town’s Jewish heritage sites are a sham. Enter Beth, a seminary dropout looking to find her faith again.

A remote Hungarian town looks to a new source of revenue: Religious tourism, which centers around the grave of a Wonder Rabbi, who answers prayers and performs miracles, even in death. The only problem: the Wonder Rabbi never existed, and the town’s Jewish heritage sites are a sham. Enter Beth, a seminary dropout looking to find her faith again.

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A Shtetl Rabbi (a Jewish comedy)

ARON (ah-rown), M, 20s, long hair, bearded, not religious, Hungarian of Jewish ancestry
MIKLOS (meek-lowsh), M, 40s, Hungarian, faithless, a big man, drinks too much
CSILLA (see-lah), F, 20s, Hungarian, faithful, Catholic, actor, married to Miklos
ISTVANA (isht-vahna), F, 40s, Hungarian, civil servant, her faith is in the forint
BETH (beth), F, 30s, American, Reform Jewish, lapsed seminary student, new mother of Pearla

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