Congregation

Faith, money and principle collide when Eli Stone, the revered senior rabbi of a large congregation learns that he is dying. A bitter struggle breaks out in the congregation's twelve member Board over the election of his successor. At the same time, Eli's estranged son comes home to organize the takeover of a company whose chairman is his father's closest friend. On a canvas that moves from the synagogue to Wall Street and from the baseball stadium to suburban bedrooms, Congregation explores the drama that will determine the future of a great congregation, the destiny of an American corporation and the outcome of a son's efforts to heal a fragile relationship with a father whose love he seeks but whose respect he has never been able to secure.

RAPHAEL D. SILVER grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of a prominent rabbi, Abba Hillel Silver. Following a career as a real estate developer, he became a film producer with Hester Street and Crossing Delancey among his credits. He resided in New York City with his wife, the film director Joan Micklin Silver, until his death in 2013.