Jews for Bejesus

This lawsuit is all about how you interpret the Fifth Commandment

A A A Comments By Rebecca Meiser Thursday, Jan 29 2004

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For Staver, the issue is even simpler. "Three-fourths of Silver's debate is superfluous and has no business being in court," he says.

For his part, Bruce Rapp, reached by phone at his home in New York, simply wishes the entire thing would go away. "It's a family issue" is all he'll say about it now.

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Whatever happens in court, the emotional pain produced by the dispute still hangs in the air like a heavy perfume.

Rapp left a message on his stepmother's machine telling her he wanted to talk. He thought this was one whole big misunderstanding. But Edie didn't return the call.

"I figured if he had something to say, he would call me again and then I'd talk to him," she says, "but he never called me back."

Edie sighs. Sitting in her kitchen under a sign that reads "God Bless the Rapp House," she dabs at her eyes with a tissue.

"I wish Marty was still alive," she says. "He'd know what to do about all of this."

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