An American day seemed to be far richer in substance
than an Antomir year. I was in an everlasting flutter. I seemed to
be panting for breath for the sheer speed with which I was rushing
through life
What was the meaning of all this noise and excitement? Everybody
I spoke to said it was "all humbug." People were making jokes at
the expense of all politicians, irrespective of parties. "One is as
bad as the other," I heard all around me. "They are all thieves."
Argentine Rachael's conception of politics was clearly the
conception of respectable people as well
Rejoicing of the Law is one of our great autumn holidays. It is a
day of picturesque merrymaking and ceremony, when the
stringent rule barring women out of a synagogue is relaxed. On
that day, which was a short time before Election Day, I saw an
East Side judge, a Gentile, at the synagogue of the Sons of
Antomir. He was very short, and the high hat he wore gave him
droll dignity. He went around the house of worship kissing babies
in their mothers' arms and saying pleasant things to the
worshipers.
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