The Seven-Branched Candlestick

by Gilbert W. Gabriel

"Years of Plenty" was the name an Englishman recently gave to a book of his school days. My own years of secondary school and college were different from his, by far, but no less full. I shall only say by way of preface that they numbered seven. There were two of them at high school, one at a military school on the Hudson, and four at our city's university. Seven in all. Because they were not altogether happy, I have no right to think of them as lean years. For each one of them meant much to me—means as much now as I look back and am chastened and strengthened by their memory. Each is as a lighted candle in the dark of the past that I look back upon. And I like to imagine that, since there are seven of them, they are in the seven-branched candlestick which is so stately and so reverent a symbol of my Faith. For it was my school days which gave me that Faith.

130 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2008

Reviews

[Barbara · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was sort of dated but deals with an interesting topic and how many Jews responded at that time, 1914.