Bible Story

"Bible Story"
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Production number: 16004 First aired: 7 December 2005
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Written By Richard Sweren Directed By Rick Wallace

Plot

A man is found beaten to death in a synagogue after ripping pages from the Torah. McCoy wants to charge not only the killer, but also the person who hired the deceased to defile the sacred book.

Cast

Main cast

• Dennis Farina as Detective Joe Fontana
• Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
• Annie Parisse as A.D.A. Alexandra Borgia
• Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch

Recurring cast

• Kevin O'Rourke as Defense Attorney Stan Malloy
• Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
• Gerry Bamman as Judge Thomas Everton
• John Cariani as Julian Beck
• Libby George as Judge Iris Chapman
• Selenis Leyva as Detective Mariluz Rivera
• Sean McCourt as Assistant M.E.

Guest cast

• Allan Miller as Rabbi Geller
• Zach Grenier as Barry Speicher
• Mark Feuerstein as Eric Speicher
• Bridget Barkan as Kayla Watson
• Tina Benko as Sharon Quaid
• Laura Kai Chen as Amanda Yuen
• Tibor Feldman as Ken Rosenberg
• Lisa Gorlitsky as Rachel Speicher
• Ebrahim Jaffer as Imam Adiani
• Arian Moayed as Fadi Abu Ubdeh
• Bob Stillman as Father Royce
• Zachary Knower as Chayim
• Alex Dawson as Paralegal
• Viola Harris as Elderly Woman
• Fred Berman as Orthodox #1
• Buzz Bovshow as Orthodox #2
• Paul Borghese as Clerk
• Ken Krugman as Foreperson
• Kevin Prowse as Santiago
• Shya Ribowsky as Cantor
• Randy Schein as Man
• Les Shenkel as First Jewish Man
• Erik Solky as Second Jewish Man
• Harry Madsen as Third Jewish Man
• Sonny Vellozzi as Gallery Member (uncredited)
• Charles Coxe as Jeffrey Kilgore (uncredited)

References

• Jefferey Kilgore (victim)
• Torah
• Old Testament
• California
• Aryan Brotherhood
• FBI
• Hamas
• Holocaust
• Israel
• Poland
• Moses
• Methuselah

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Sadiq's Laundromat 296 Grand Street Wednesday, August 11	Temple Beth Tefiloh 104 Hester Street Wednesday, August 11	Home Of Jefferey Kilgore Patchogue Village, NY Thursday, August 12

4	5	6
Ben-Daniel Realty 137 Delancey Street Friday, August 13	Home Of Eric Speicher 88 Forsyth Street Saturday, August 14	Supreme Court Trial Part 75 Tuesday, October 12

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Supreme Court Trial Part 75 Thursday, October 14

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