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Children of the Ghetto
Israel Zangwill
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In this 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.
In this 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.
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Esther witheringly.
"'Sh," said Solomon, winking in the direction of the grandmother.
"It doesn't matter," said Esther calmly. "She can't understand what I'm saying."
"I don't know," said Solomon dubiously. "She sometimes catches more than you bargain for."
"And then, you catch more than you bargain for," said Rachel, looking up roguishly from her knitting.
Solomon stuck his tongue in his cheek and grimaced.
Isaac came behind Levi and gave his coat a pull and toddled off with a yell of delight.
"Be quiet, Ikey!" cried Esther. "If you don't behave better I shan't sleep in your new bed."
"Oh yeth, you mutht, Ethty," lisped Ikey, his elfish face growing grave.
He went about depressed for some seconds.
"Kids are a beastly nuisa. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Encyclopedic in scope, Children of the Ghetto gives an intimate look at life in the East End of London at the turn of the century. A novel of Judaica, its detail may not appeal to all. In fact, it is the historical accuracy of Jewish life that makes it so interesting--like a Dickens novel with Jews.
This battered red bound hardcopy from 1893 fell into my lap from a thrift shop box, and I was delighted. I'd never heard of Israel Zangwill before, nor had I heard of his gentile alias "The Jewish Dickens." How could I resist such gem passages as: "He was a man of prodigious distorted mental activit
A wonderful depiction of the life of the Jews in the East End of London, their misery, their hopes, their pains.
I really enjoyed this book. I've been researching Jewish family history for 20 years and I felt as though I knew the characters in this story. They correspond very well to lives I've traced in censuses, congregation minutes and news stories. Lacking are the serious criminals, abusive husbands and ot
Kinda slow and a little boring.
The edition I read of this book included both "Children of the Ghetto" and "Grandchildren of the Ghetto". The novel is primarily set in the Jewish ghetto of London's east end. Zangwill's portrayal of the ghetto is unsparing, yet empathetic. His characters are Dickensian and his development of settin
I read this after hearing about it when the BBC proms did Fiddler on the Roof this summer. I was sort of expecting a series of disjointed vignettes of life in the Victorian London Jewish ghetto. And that's exactly what it is, for the most part. The stories are loosely linked together, there are hund