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Chosen Peoples by Israel Zangwill

Practices and Rituals

Are the Jews the Chosen People?


Israel Zangwill


ghetto children

The “of the Ghetto” books:

  • Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People (1892)
  • Grandchildren of the Ghetto (1892)
  • Dreamers of the Ghetto (1898)
  • Ghetto Tragedies, (1899)
  • Ghetto Comedies, (1907)

Other Works

  • Chosen Peoples, (1919)
  • The Big Bow Mystery (1892)
  • The King of Schnorrers (1894)
  • The Master (1895) (based on the life of friend and illustrator George Wylie Hutchinson)
  • The Melting Pot (1909)
  • The Old Maid’s Club (1892)
  • The Bachelors’ Club (London : Henry, 1891)
  • The Serio-Comic Governess (1904)
  • Without Prejudice (1896)
  • Merely Mary Ann (1904)
  • The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes (1903) which include The Grey Wig; Chasse-Croise; The Woman Beater; The Eternal Feminine; The Silent Sisters

Playwrights and Associated Films

  • Children of the Ghetto, directed by Frank Powell (1915, based on the play Children of the Ghetto)
  • The Melting Pot, directed by Oliver D. Bailey and James Vincent (1915, based on the play The Melting Pot)
  • Merely Mary Ann, directed by John G. Adolfi (1916, based on the play Merely Mary Ann)
  • The Moment Before, directed by Robert G. Vignola (1916, based on the play The Moment of Death)
  • Mary Ann, directed by Alexander Korda (Hungary, 1918, based on the play Merely Mary Ann)
  • Nurse Marjorie, directed by William Desmond Taylor (1920, based on the play Nurse Marjorie)
  • Merely Mary Ann, directed by Edward LeSaint (1920, based on the play Merely Mary Ann)
  • The Bachelor’s Club, directed by A. V. Bramble (1921, based on the novel We Moderns)
  • We Moderns, directed by John Francis Dillon (1925, based on the play We Moderns)
  • Too Much Money, directed by John Francis Dillon (1926, based on the play Too Much Money)
  • Perfect Crime, directed by Bert Glennon (1928, based on the novel The Big Bow Mystery)
  • Merely Mary Ann, directed by Henry King (1931, based on the play Merely Mary Ann)
  • The Crime Doctor, directed by John S. Robertson (1934, based on the novel The Big Bow Mystery)
  • The Verdict, directed by Don Siegel (1946, based on the novel The Big Bow Mystery)

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