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Ghetto Comedies (1907) is a collection of stories 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... Read Full Overview

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John Henry Amshewitz - South African Artist, Paintings 1882 - 1942 John Henry Amshewitz was born in Ramsgate, England 1882 - 1942 Art Education - 1898 - 1900 Birbeck Institute, London. J H Amshewitz won art scholarship to Royal Academy Schools; - 1900 - 1907 Studied art at Royal... Read Full Overview

Ghetto Comedies (1907) is a collection of stories 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... Read Full Overview

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In this series of short stories, Israel Zangwill gives readers a window into the vibrant and diverse world of the Jewish immigrants living in London's East End during the late 1800s. With humor and pathos, Zangwill captures the struggles and triumphs of a community coming... Read Full Overview

I cannot pretend that my ambition to paint the Man of Sorrows had any religious inspiration, though I fear my dear old dad at the Parsonage at first took it as a sign of awakening grace. And yet, as an artist, I have always been loath to draw a line between the spiritual and... Read Full Overview

Ghetto Comedies is a collection of short stories written by Israel Zangwill, published in 1907. The book is a humorous portrayal of Jewish life in the ghettos of London during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The stories are filled with witty dialogue, colorful characters,... Read Full Overview

"Ghetto Comedies", from Israel Zangwill. Israel Zangwill, british humorist and writer (1864-1926).