Israel Zangwill The Melting Pot (Hardback) Mint Editions

by Israel Zangwill

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Further Details Title: The Melting Pot Condition: New Author: Israel Zangwill Contributor: Mint Editions (Contributions by) Format: Hardback EAN: 9781513134024 ISBN: 9781513134024 Publisher: West Margin Press Genre: History Topic: Language & Reference, Poetry & Drama Release Date: 03/31/2022 Description: The Melting Pot (1908) is a play by Israel Zangwill. Raised in London by parents from Latvia and Poland, Zangwill understood the plight of the city’s Jewish community firsthand. Having risen through poverty to become an educator and author, he dedicated his career to the voiceless, the oppressed, and the needy, advocating for their rights and bearing witness to their suffering in some of the most powerful novels and stories of the Victorian era. When it was staged in Washington, DC, The Melting Pot received praise from President Theodore Roosevelt, who proclaimed from the audience “That's a great play, Mr. Zangwill!” During the 1903 Chișinău pogrom, David Quixano lost his entire family to antisemitic violence. Unable to remain in Russia, he emigrates to the United States, where he hopes to be accepted not just into the nation’s growing Jewish community, but into its open democratic society. When he arrives, he composes a successful symphony called “The Crucible,” written in tribute to the melting pot of American culture, its promise to rise above ethnic divisions. He soon meets a fellow immigrant named Vera, who hails from a Christian family in Russia. As he begins to fulfill

• Publisher: Mint Editions
• Year: 2022
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781513134024
• Condition: Fine

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