With Spektor
Elkhonen Zeitlin
1937
Mordkhe Spektor [1858–1925] was the “honorary chair” of the “Society of Gluttons and Drunkards.” Though he had not been elected to this “post,” everyone felt that Spektor was the singular candidate for this honorable mission. He, by his very nature and experience, was the uncrowned monarch of the “kingdom of the gluttons.” And indeed, he ruled with…
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