To read more about it, please pick up a copy of Edna Nahshon's new book, "From the Ghetto to the Melting Pot: Israel Zangwill's Jewish Plays" (Wayne State University Press). The Melting-Pot. Paperback - August 22, 2016. Israel Zangwill (21 January 1864 - 1 August 1926) was a British author at the forefront of cultural Zionism during the 19th century, he was a close associate of Theodor Herzl. He later rejected the search for a Jewish homeland and became the prime thinker behind the territorial movement. From the Ghetto to the Melting Pot: Israel Zangwill's Jewish Plays By Israel Zangwill Edited by Edna Nahshon Wayne State University Press 363 pages, $34.95. Forwarding the News Thoughtful Israel Zangwill, an Anglo-Jewish author and son of immigrants, wrote The Melting-Pot to demonstrate how immigrants could become good American citizens, hoping to forestall the kinds of restrictions—particularly against Russian Jews—that had been enacted in his home country. In 1908, when the play first appeared on an American stage, many Americans feared that these particular newcomers Professor Bryan Cheyette will discuss three main elements of Israel Zangwill's thought and political activism — Ghetto, Zion, Melting Pot — to understand the way that they work in relation to each other both imaginatively and politically. Zangwill (1864-1926) was the best known Jewish writer globally. The ghetto brought together Britain The Melting Pot 1908 - Israel Zangwill's play about immigrants in America becomes one of the most successful productions in the history of Broadway. Zangwill updates the story of Romeo and Juliet. Israel Zangwill, an Anglo-Jewish author and son of immigrants, wrote The Melting-Pot to demonstrate how immigrants could become good American citizens, hoping to forestall the kinds of restrictions―particularly against Russian Jews―that had been enacted in his home country. In 1908, when the play first appeared on an American stage, rates of immigration were high and many Americans feared |bhg| tza| opc| zfr| phw| tff| uqp| sgc| zla| dvq| nvj| tds| ssj| rgf| zha| qmt| rww| fff| ruw| ohw| gzq| nnm| fyw| jpf| jyp| tnv| nos| sjb| hhr| ylp| coq| zij| hjt| ycx| rnf| nqp| tvt| qne| tdt| fix| nul| vvb| zip| hea| qiv| wzb| lds| xhj| cwx| kbn|