Tag: Israel Zangwill

Rachel Cockerell's debut book "Melting Point" delves into her family's history intertwined with the largely forgotten episode of the Galveston Movement, where thousands of persecuted Russian Jews were sent to Galveston, Texas as a temporary Jewish homeland in the early 1900s.
This article discusses the debate over how to translate Hebrew poetry, or piyyut, in prayer books.
In "Days of Redemption" by Arieh Saposnik, the author explores the concept of redemption in Zionist thought.
Israel Zangwill's play "The Melting Pot" presented America as a melting pot where immigrants of various backgrounds come together and assimilate, celebrated even by President Theodore Roosevelt, who rejected hyphenated American identities.
Dr. Nadia Valman from Queen Mary, University of London has created a walking tour app that delves into the Jewish history of east London using the works of Israel Zangwill, a 19th-century Jewish writer often referred to as the 'Jewish Dickens'.