Children Of The Ghetto

"People who have been living in a Ghetto for a couple of centuries are not able to step outside merely because the gates are thrown down -- nor to efface the brands on their souls by putting off their yellow badges."

Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) wrote with compassion and understanding of the ghettoes of England and America -- and never with such force as in the sketches and tales that make up "Children of the Ghetto," first published in 1892.

A prominent member of Jewish literary society in London, Zangwill was a lecturer and playwright, in addition to novelist. He prepared a version of "Children of the Ghetto" for the stage just before the turn of the last century.