Eleanor the Great

618 00:34:10,752 --> 00:34:11,753 Excuse me. [SNIFFLES] 619 00:34:18,358 --> 00:34:20,528 [CRYING SOFTLY] 620 00:34:20,662 --> 00:34:22,664 ♪ ♪ 621 00:34:26,199 --> 00:34:28,402 [HYPERVENTILATING] 622 00:34:32,105 --> 00:34:33,407 Oh, you're fine. 623 00:34:34,174 --> 00:34:35,475 You're fine. 624 00:34:36,744 --> 00:34:38,145 [SNIFFLES] 625 00:34:38,278 --> 00:34:40,480 [BREATHING DEEPLY] 626 00:34:45,587 --> 00:34:47,589 ♪ ♪ 627 00:34:52,894 --> 00:34:54,428 [SIGHS] 628 00:34:56,263 --> 00:34:57,665 Nina? 629 00:35:01,035 --> 00:35:02,436 Nina? 630 00:35:03,370 --> 00:35:05,405 -What are you doing in here? -Oh. 631 00:35:05,540 --> 00:35:08,241 I'm sorry. I just... Well, I saw these pictures. 632 00:35:08,375 --> 00:35:10,310 ELEANOR: Oh. 633 00:35:10,444 --> 00:35:13,081 -Is that your husband? -Yeah, that's Harry. 634 00:35:13,213 --> 00:35:14,214 -[CHUCKLES] -And that's Bessie. 635 00:35:14,348 --> 00:35:16,884 She was my closest friend. 636 00:35:17,018 --> 00:35:18,553 Did you guys meet in New York? 637 00:35:18,686 --> 00:35:21,923 Yeah, we lived in the same housing project in the Bronx. 638 00:35:22,056 --> 00:35:26,094 But we might as well have lived on this boardwalk. 639 00:35:26,226 --> 00:35:27,795 She loved Coney Island 640 00:35:27,929 --> 00:35:30,531 better than anywhere else on earth. 641 00:35:32,332 --> 00:35:33,835 You've been crying. 642 00:35:33,968 --> 00:35:35,402 What? No, I haven't. 643 00:35:35,536 --> 00:35:37,505 Yes, you have. You're all blotchy. 644 00:35:37,639 --> 00:35:40,407 -Here. Sit down. -[SNIFFLES] 645 00:35:41,809 --> 00:35:43,511 Are you okay? 646 00:35:44,478 --> 00:35:46,047 How... [SNIFFLES] 647 00:35:46,179 --> 00:35:47,749 How long after your brother died 648 00:35:47,882 --> 00:35:51,119 were you able to talk about him without crying? [SNIFFLES] 649 00:35:51,251 --> 00:35:52,854 How long has it been? 650 00:35:54,321 --> 00:35:56,691 Almost... Almost six months. 651 00:36:00,094 --> 00:36:01,029 Nina... 652 00:36:01,161 --> 00:36:03,064 [SNIFFLES] 653 00:36:03,196 --> 00:36:04,197 ...would you like to go 654 00:36:04,331 --> 00:36:06,934 to synagogue with me tomorrow? 655 00:36:07,635 --> 00:36:09,003 Really? 656 00:36:09,137 --> 00:36:13,074 Every Jewish woman should see what the faith has to offer. 657 00:36:13,206 --> 00:36:18,012 Besides, you can give me the third degree there, too. 658 00:36:18,146 --> 00:36:19,714 [CHUCKLES] 659 00:36:19,847 --> 00:36:21,082 I'd like that. 660 00:36:21,214 --> 00:36:23,751 [REBECCA SINGING IN HEBREW] 661 00:36:24,886 --> 00:36:26,921 [SINGING CONTINUES] 662 00:36:45,940 --> 00:36:46,941 Hey. 663 00:36:47,709 --> 00:36:49,010 Oh, later. 664 00:36:49,143 --> 00:36:50,912 You said I could give you the third degree. 665 00:36:51,045 --> 00:36:53,748 You're here to observe. Learn. 666 00:36:53,881 --> 00:36:55,950 [SINGING CONTINUES] 667 00:37:00,655 --> 00:37:02,255 How often do you come here? 668 00:37:02,389 --> 00:37:03,891 Every Saturday. 669 00:37:04,025 --> 00:37:05,358 Oh. 670 00:37:06,293 --> 00:37:08,428 -How do you know her? -I don't. 671 00:37:09,296 --> 00:37:10,430 You don't know these people? 672 00:37:10,565 --> 00:37:12,533 Are we crashing a bat mitzvah right now? 673 00:37:12,667 --> 00:37:16,269 For the longest time, shul was a place only for men. 674 00:37:16,403 --> 00:37:17,572 Women weren't welcome. 675 00:37:17,705 --> 00:37:20,007 We certainly weren't bat mitzvahed. 676 00:37:20,141 --> 00:37:21,809 Well, when I was young, I... 677 00:37:21,943 --> 00:37:23,243 [CHUCKLES] I... 678 00:37:23,845 --> 00:37:25,646 [SIGHS] 679 00:37:25,780 --> 00:37:27,515 You were just fighting to stay alive. 680 00:37:27,648 --> 00:37:29,951 [SNIFFLES] Anyway. 681 00:37:30,084 --> 00:37:33,487 I just mean... Well, I never got the chance to celebrate 682 00:37:33,621 --> 00:37:36,023 my Jewish identity. 683 00:37:36,157 --> 00:37:37,390 How does it make you feel? 684 00:37:38,358 --> 00:37:40,094 What are you, a shrink now? 685 00:37:40,228 --> 00:37:41,996 [CHUCKLES SOFTLY] 686 00:37:42,130 --> 00:37:44,331 [SINGING CONTINUES] 687 00:37:47,501 --> 00:37:50,671 [APPLAUSE] 688 00:37:50,805 --> 00:37:52,106 SINGER: <i>♪ Shake it, shake it ♪</i> 689 00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:53,808 <i>♪ Shake it, break it ♪</i> 690 00:37:53,941 --> 00:37:56,010 <i>-♪ Shake it, shake your... ♪</i> -[GIRLS LAUGHING] 691 00:37:56,144 --> 00:37:58,246 [LIVELY CHATTER] 692 00:37:58,378 --> 00:38:00,480 You see those girls? 693 00:38:00,615 --> 00:38:03,050 Now, I'm the one that should be having the bat mitzvah. 694 00:38:03,184 --> 00:38:06,053 They don't even care about what it means. 695 00:38:06,888 --> 00:38:07,789 Mm. 696 00:38:07,922 --> 00:38:09,524 Hello. [CHUCKLES] 697 00:38:09,657