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STARTING POINT. "A few years ago I passed one of the congested East Side streets just when a fire broke out in one of the tenements. I saw climbing down the fire escapes of the burning building a very old Jewess dragging some of her belongings with her. Among these belongings was a pair of old-fashioned, common-place candlesticks used for ‘Sabbath blessing. ' That started me on the way to ‘The Menorah. " -- _Benjamin Rosenblatt._
CLASSIFICATION. "The Menorah" offers itself as a fit companion-piece to "Zelig. " In the latter, the setting is New York, the character is an old man, the struggle is successfully unsuccessful. In this, the setting is "a little town in Russia," the chief character is an old woman, the struggle is successfully unsuccessful. It is to be remarked that the two settings are equally well-known to Mr. Rosenblatt.