Contents

by the same author

Preparing for the trip to Morris’s house

Morris tells a story about Southern Jews

The Seder plate

Discussion of the Mortara case

Thoughts about advertising. “Wells Fargo Never Forgets”

At the lake. Morris does card tricks

The backyard at night

The heavy woolen jacket

The Confederate flag

The new couch

That Saturday

The Coffee Corner

The watch

The factory

The paper clip

The power of advertising

The end of the day

The trial

Memory

Waiting for his attorney

The prosecutor

Jim

The trial progresses

Testimony

His wife

Photographs

Examination

The end of the trial

Taken to prison

The tea

The work clothes

The food

His books

The Rabbi

A skill

The Hebrew language

Shalat

A different religion

Americus

Visiting day

Songs

The dot

Punishment

Gematria

Palestine

His vision

The library

The hospital

The scar

The ride

Acknowledgments