Jack
[Site up straight]. What’s the matter with him? Has he got a good doctor?
Yudelson
The best doctor in New York. Dr. O’Shaughnessy from the Rockenfeller Institute.... Jakie, my boy, tonight starts the Day of Atonement—Yom Kippur—and this is the first time in your papa’s life what he wouldn’t be able to sing in the synagogue on Yom Kippur. So we had a meeting from the committee, who should sing in his place. Well, I was speaking to your mama, and she thought it would be a beautiful surprise for your papa if you would do it.
Jack
Me to sing? My God, Yudelson, he kicked me out of the house only a month ago.
Yudelson
Don’t be foolish, Jakie. How much times was you kicked out—one time? A son could be kicked out twenty times, and yet a son is a son. If your papa knew you was singing tonight, it would make him happy.
Jack