Yahrzeit
Meyer Jacobs, who has had a stroke, gives his son Mark and his new caregiver, Ruzika, a hard time about things–medication, money, diet–you name it, Meyer is determined to do it all his own way. He’s also unshakeable in his long-held opinions. Meyer lights yarzheit candles in memory of his wife, Laney, tells stories about the past, and hopes the world will come around to his way of thinking.
Meanwhile, Mark struggles in an unhappy marriage, and Jackie, Meyer’s daughter, hasn’t spoken to him for years. Ruzika, we learn, has family still-struggling in war-torn Serbia. And Devon, the boy downstairs, keeps bothering the old man with questions. Sooner or later, something’s got to give… and when it does, Meyer will find that life has a few surprises left in store for him.
