Perestroika 5.6
Summary
Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz and Sarah Ironson are on the streets of Heaven playing cards. Prior enters, not knowing where he is. He tells Sarah, who does not speak English, that he knows Louis and that he is gay. Prior asks Rabbi why everyone is playing cards, and Rabbi tells him that everything is known in Heaven, so they play cards for chance, the unknown. Prior say he wants to go home and starts to descend. Sarah expresses that she would like Prior to tell Louis he should have visited her, but she forgives him.
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Study Questions
- What are Sarah Ironson and Rabbie Isidor Chemelwitz sitting on?
- Who is Sarah to Louis?
- What lies around like yesterday's newspaper in Heaven?
- What is the Jewish way?