Israel Zangwill
Israel Zangwill · Arts & Literature
British author who coined 'The Melting Pot' ('Children of the Ghetto')
1864, London, England, UK — 1926, Midhurst, England, UK
United Kingdom
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Israel Zangwill was a British author and activist whose novel 'Children of the Ghetto' brought immigrant Jewish life to a wide readership, and whose 1908 play 'The Melting Pot' popularized that phrase for American immigrant assimilation. He was also a leader in Jewish territorial and emancipation movements. He was Jewish.
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British author who coined 'The Melting Pot' ('Children of the Ghetto')
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature
