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Plot summary
Template:Spoiler Rabbi Feldman (Stiller) returns to Sparta after being away for a number of years. The community is gifted with a new Torah. However things soon become quite tense for the Jewish community after they are the victims of hate crimes. First the synagogue is vandalized, then their new Torah is stolen.
Chief Forbes begins an investigation immediately, and Feldman works with him to recover the community's property. But Feldman refuses to trust Bill Gillespie. Feldman is still angry with Gillespie's failure to take any action in the aftermath of another hate crime committed against the Jewish community a number of years ago.
Eventually the Torah is recovered. Chief Forbes is invited to participate in the formal ceremony in which the Torah is presented to the synagogue.
Trivia
- Jerry Stiller is also known for appearing as Frank Costanza on Seinfeld. Stiller's wife Anne Meara also appeared on the series, having guest starred in the episode Poor Relations.