Gil Sassover

Due to an unexpected mishap delaying his mother’s funeral, Gil tries to write a eulogy that will outshine his brother’s, hoping to become the son—and the man—he wishes he were.

Chani "from the TV" has to travel across the galaxy and pick up personality traits that will help her save the "Year 2000" girl from the evil hands of Professor Samael and the Y2K Bug, who plot to prevent the arrival of the new millennium.

Shani and her husband Shai visit her Sephardic family, then his Ashkenazi brood, for regular weekend meals that reveal both clans' quirks and foibles.