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Israel Zangwill (14 February 1864 – 1 August 1926; birth date sometimes given as 21 January 1864) was a British author at the forefront of cultural Zionism during the 19th century, and was a close associate of Theodor Herzl.
Apr 17, 2024 · Israel Zangwill was a novelist, playwright, and Zionist leader, one of the earliest English interpreters of Jewish immigrant life. The son of eastern European immigrants, Zangwill grew up in London’s East End and was educated at the Jews’ Free School and at the University of London.
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Jul 25, 2023 · Israel Zangwill (1864–1926) was an Anglo-Jewish writer and activist best known today for his 1892 novel, Children of the Ghetto. He came to be called the “Jewish Dickens” for his work documenting East End Jewish life.
May 23, 2018 · The most complete study of Zangwill in English is Maurice Wohlgelernter, Israel Zangwill: A Study (1964). Other biographies are Harry Schneiderman's short and laudatory Israel Zangwill (1928) and Joseph Leftwich's largely anecdotal Israel Zangwill (1957).
Israel Zangwill, Anglo-Jewish writer and political activist, was probably the best known Jew in the English-speaking world at the start of the twentieth century. Zangwill was born in London on January 21, 1864 to parents who had immigrated from Eastern Europe.
Israel Zangwill has 285 books on Goodreads with 6263 ratings. Israel Zangwill’s most popular book is The Big Bow Mystery.
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Zangwill was one of the "Wandering Jews" who met at the house of Asher I. Myers, and was one of the founders of the Maccabæans. Bibliography:
