The Denver Jewish news., 1921-09-28
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pated woman envied him the privil-
ege of performing what she had long
considered an alien rite wiChOut mean
ing to wOrshipper of the strange
gods she followed.
With timidity the woman of the
world seldom experienced she ap-
preached the closed doors and turned
the knob. a little bent man APPEAR
ed in skull cap and talith. his bright
eyes blinking at her curiously above
the heavy beard. To Mariana he
seemed to he n creature from another
world like the child in shabby gar
mcnts she had visioned passing down
the streets of long ago. He stood
with head cooked little 20 one side,
waiting for her to speak
Il came to the serviccs,'' Mariana
explained. Perhaps ! am n little
late
Have you a tickct?" he asked her
in broken English.
NO. but" she fumbled at her gold
mesh bag. then stopped embarrassed.
\ long forgotten memory arrested her.
her father berating her brother for
the heinous crime of carrying money
on the Sabbath.
A young man came from one of the
rear seats-not so very young either
Mariana decided. after quick
glance. althO there was something Pc
culiarly bOyish i'm his keen dark face
in the gesture with which he pushed
hack the dark heavy waves of hair
clustering beneath the rim of his shah.
by hat. Suddenly her breath came
quickly. n startled glance crept into
her eyes. Were the visions of the
past growing corporal or did he really
stand before her in the flesh after
their separation of over twenty years
Jacob she faltered, wondering
whether he would recognize her.
Eyes. didn't think to see you
here Mriam.' He became consci-
Gus that the old sexton was watching
Them curiOusly. III see that they
crowd you up in the wOmen's gallery
if you really want to come in he told
her. but first let y take little
walk. 1t is long service. you know.
and we can always come back" He
spoke simply enough. but her sensi-
tive ear detected an ironical note be-
neath his last commonplace state
ment.
Il tl,a to- ,tr nt
together, the old man in the doorway
regarding them like a benevolent owl
."Jumma- -Musjid' in Delhi. Almost
similar were those in Burhanur. AS
sirgurh and Ahmedabad. MOhammc-
dams have contributed much towards
architecture in India and have left II
lasting record in the shape of very
beautiful and costly buildings ut
Delhi Agra and other cities. There
is another very ancient city in ruins
near Shiraz. about forty miles 20 the
north. called PcrsepOls. 1 intend see
ing it sometime and giving you some
description of the place The accom-
panying views will give you some idea
OF Ine VI llt
found here. l am inclined to think
that Mohammcdan architecture in In
t;ia must have been the work done
after the Mohammedan invasions OF
India. mostly by the rulers of Persia
Purim In Shiraz
! Purim time my actual experience
with the local Jews started. l attend
! ed prayers in one of the synagogs
which / found in one of che narrow
est lanes of the Jewish quarters
Alone l can never find it even now
tho have been to that synagog more
than dozen times. There are onl!
about six big ones. and the smalle
ones which are situated very close II
one another in the same COMPOUND
with che big ones, are quite numerous
These small synagogs cannot be call
ed synagogs in the proper sense o
the word. There are no Sepher