Limmud Seattle 2019

The Book of Jonah is read on Yom Kippur because the rabbis viewed it as a tale of repentance and God’s forgiveness. But it is so much more—and less! It’s an existentialist tale with an abrupt beginning and no satisfying ending. A God and a prophet locked in a parade of self-doubt, wondrous conversions, smugness and outrage, concern and conceit, a toxic employer-employee relationship involving terrible work travel and a three-night stay at the Sheraton Leviathan. A one-man theatrical haftarah.