Zangwill
Americannoun
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The book talks about the difference between Israel Zangwill, who exalted the “melting pot” as the ideal, and Horace Kallen, who coined the term “pluralism” as an alternative.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025
Robert Zangwill Kalfin was born on April 22, 1933, in the Bronx.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022
As the author Israel Zangwill put it, “There is no getting into the future, except by waiting.”
From The New Yorker • Dec. 20, 2016
We owe the term to Israel Zangwill, who wrote a mostly forgotten play of the same name in 1908.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2014
It is impossible not to respect the earnestness of Mr. Zangwill when he treats of the persecution of his co-religionists in Russia, or their social exclusion in America.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 18, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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