Character

Glassman

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Glassman serves as the synagogue's rabbi and a moral interlocutor whose pulpit reaches into corridors of power. He frames Jewish law and tradition to contest cycles of retribution, delivering a measured Passover sermon that anchors the episode's ethical conflict — declaring 'Vengeance is not Jewish' and insisting that 'violence begets violence.' His pastoral counsel directly touches political actors (notably Toby), converting liturgical teaching into immediate conscience work and pressing the administration to weigh spiritual ethics alongside legal and political constraints.

4 appearances

Also known as: Rabbi Glassman, Temple Rabbi, Rabbi

Glassman's Journey

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4 moments

S1E14 · Take This Sabbath Day

Sermon Interrupted — Vengeance Not Jewish

Calm and resolute; speaking from conviction with the quiet urgency of a religious teacher laying moral pressure on listeners.

Delivering a Passover sermon that condenses a parable into blunt ethical teaching; the rabbi frames retribution as self-perpetuating and issues the declarative moral injunction that 'Vengeance is not Jewish,' continuing …

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S1E14 · Take This Sabbath Day

Sermon on Vengeance — The Call That Breaks Sabbath

Solemn and resolute, calmly calling congregants to a higher ethical standard.

Delivering a measured sermon on capital punishment, framing the moral argument against vengeance with authoritative pastoral voice; his spoken line becomes the ethical lens Sam intends the administration to use.

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S1E14 · Take This Sabbath Day

Appeal Denied — Sabbath Interrupted

Calm, solemn, and resolute; the rabbi projects moral clarity rather than agitation, intending to steer conscience rather than provoke panic.

The rabbi delivers a measured sermon on capital punishment—asserting that vengeance is not part of the faith—his voice carried over the phone, providing the moral frame that is immediately tested …

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S1E14 · Take This Sabbath Day

Counsel in the Pew: Conscience vs. Communications

Measured and resolute — compassionate but unflinching; he is comfortable pressing moral pressure while remaining pastorally composed.

Rabbi Glassman sits in a pew and speaks plainly; he tells Toby that Bobby Zane called, reiterates the moral thrust of his sermon, challenges literalist readings of Torah, and pushes …

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