The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of religious discrimination and violence.

The next morning, Hoodie asks Rabbi Moritz for a Hebrew dictionary so that he can better understand the Talmud portions he is studying. He focuses on a section that claims if one Jewish life is saved, it is as if the whole world is saved. By the end of the afternoon, he begrudgingly admits that studying the Talmud is interesting when he can actually understand it.

Hoodie convinces Rabbi Moritz to let him take a walk for self-reflection. He goes directly to Anna-Marie’s house. When he arrives, Anna-Marie and her mother answer the door with red eyes and faces, as if they’ve been crying. Anna-Marie is initially annoyed, believing that Hoodie had ghosted her, but agrees to speak to him. When Hoodie casually mentions the TikTok of Anna-Marie dancing with Case, she is shocked that he watches her videos. Hoodie is confused as to why she would post a video she didn’t want people to see, but Anna-Marie explains that it’s weird for him to watch her videos without posting any of his own.

Hoodie grows increasingly nervous. Finally, he tells Anna-Marie that he has found a solution to his problem: Anna-Marie can go to New York University, as she planned, and he will go to

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