Oh, yeah, and I remembered the show that featured a dude in a kippah - it was Ron Rifkin playing "Ben Meyer" in the Sharon Gless vehicle "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill."
 

I really hated the episode. The only reason I didn't keep flipping channels was because of your post. But it was written like a bad episode of Star Trek.

It reduced orthodox jews to the weird aliens of the week (TM).
 

The whole episode was a little flat, really. And I realize that they made her a little acerbic to give her depth (in a sense) - and I guess it is entirely possible that a teenager exploring religion could easily finish davening, whirl around, and call somebody a jackass. But then why throw out the last semblance of reality you have to depict a glowing-in-the-light rabbi singing ridiculously in the OR?

Also, I am willing to bet that 99% of people watching (or at least of those paying attention) were left scratching their heads: I thought someone was supposed to get that girl a rabbi?

This is not to denigrate the idea of female rabbis, but I suspect that the concept is so foreign - that the concept of a rabbi with anything other than a beard or at least a visible kippah is so foreign - that no one had any idea what was going on.

For those who didn't see the show: the rabbi was in full scrubs, including cap and mask, and was not introduced as a rabbi or anything - the scene started with her singing the blessing.

You might say, Need for Rabbi + Someone Singing in Hebrew = that Someone was the Rabbi, but it really wasn't that linear.

The lesson, as always? If you want to send a message, call Western Union.