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"ZELIG" Neil Kirk

Old Zelig was eyed askance by his brethren. No one deigned to call him Reb Zelig, nor to prefix to his name the American equivalent Mr. The old one is barrel with a stave missing, knowingly declared his neighbours. He never spends a cent; and he belongs nowheres. For to belong, on New Yorks East Side, is of no slight importance. It means being a member in one of the numberless congregations. Every decent Jew must join A Society for Burying its Members, to be provided at least with a narrow cell ...