Israel Zangwill
Israel Zangwill
Israel Zangwillwas 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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 February 1864
Israel Zangwill quotes about
coming fusion perhaps
No... the real American has not yet arrived. He is only in the Crucible, I tell you / he will be the fusion of all races, perhaps the coming superman.
forgiveness inspiration past
The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.
dogma ideals eternal
Every dogma has its day, but ideals are eternal.
distance heart law
The law of dislike for the unlike will always prevail. And whereas the unlike is normally situated at a safe distance, the Jews bring the unlike into the heart of every milieu, and must there defend a frontier line as large as the world.