Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-02 | Page 1 | Israel Zangwill, Author, Ardent Zionist and Playwright, is Dead

Israel Zangwill Author Ardent I Zionist and Playwright Is 1 Dead ead I V LONDON I Aug 2 AP Israel AP-Israel Israel perhaps the greatest conte contemporaneous con con- te loran ous commentator on JewIsh JewIsh Jewish Jew Jew- ish life Ure h and nd man of letters letters let let- Is dea dead He was 62 years ears old Hs HIs literary re reputation n was as won In 1892 1892 by bY his novel The The Children of ot the the Ghetto Mr Ir Zangwill Zang was was- an ardent ZionIst Zionist Zion Zion- 1st and founded the International Jewish territorial organization He lie visited the United States in 1904 1908 and 1923 During his Jitter visit he evoked much controversy over over the political status status' of Zionism He said that tha any movement to make V the Zionist question a political one I was hopeless V was sas s born in in- London In 1864 His early school days were spent at Plymouth flyn and Bristol After graduation V he became a teacher but left that profession for journalism He le founded and edited the Literary Journal Ariel Arlel and the London Puck luck V Many years before the establish establishment es ment of a Jewish homeland In JJ Pal Pal- lestine l- l estine Zangwill had endeavored to arran arrange e settlements abroad for l' l his ls race suffering In Russia from the tte persecution of the czarist regime He was an early champion o of woman wom worn an suffrage V V