Children of the Ghetto
Author(s): Israel Zangwill
Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction
Narrators: Adrian Praetzellis
Number of Chapters: 45
Length: 15 hours and 17 minutes
Language: English
In this 1892 novel of London's Jewish East End, Israel Zangwill sets the apparently irrational and decidedly indecorous religious practices of transplanted eastern European Jews against the forces of assimilation. Zangwill's knowledge of Yiddishkeit and skill in melodrama created a series of unforgettable vignettes that had a significant effect on the public perception of this much stigmatized immigrant group.
Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) was born in London of Russian and Polish parents. He coined the term cultural "melting pot". (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)
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The audiobook Children of the Ghetto falls under the genres of Culture & Heritage Fiction. It is written by Israel Zangwill.