In the nineteenth century, Rabbi Israel Salanter of Vilna said: “A rabbi whom they do not want to drive out of the city is not a rabbi; and a rabbi who allows himself to be driven away is not a man.” There's another conflict in the Barnard's Crossing community; Rabbi Small, as always, stands above the fray, under threat of dismissal... And then there is murder, marijuana, the Negro question and human rights... Rabbi Small brilliantly proves that he is a real rabbi and a real man.