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
In The Master, Mr. Zangwill describes Eleanor Wyndwood as “the radiant apparition of a beautiful woman in a shimmering amber gown, from which her shoulders rose dazzling.”
From Threads of Grey and Gold by Myrtle Reed
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