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to his rabbi about Christianity are dismissed;
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he finally comes to be punished for asking these kinds of questions.
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So, Ozzie stages his revolt
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by climbing to the top of the synagogue
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roof and threatening to jump off if his family,
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all the assembled students from his Hebrew school,
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and the rabbi, won't kneel down and pray to Jesus,
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which of course they do
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because he's about to jump off.
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This story was quite controversial,
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as you might imagine, so there was a
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taste of Roth's vexed relationship