Editing Israel Zangwill (section)

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{{Short description|British author (1864–1926)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| image            = Israel Zangwill, 1864-1926, three-quarters length portrait, seated, facing left. Eng. playwright and novelist LCCN2005686749 (recolored).jpg
| caption          = Zangwill in 1905
| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1864|1|21}}
| birth_place      = [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|df=yes|1926|8|1|1864|1|21}}
| death_place      = [[Midhurst]], [[West Sussex]], England, United Kingdom
| notableworks     = ''[[The Big Bow Mystery]]'' (1892) <br /> ''[[The Melting Pot (play)|The Melting Pot]]'' (1908)
| spouse           = [[Edith Ayrton]]
| signature        = Israel Zangwill Signature.jpg
| alt              = Black-and-white photo of Zangwill wearing a suit, tie, and glasses
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'''Israel Zangwill''' (21 January 1864<ref name="Rochelson, A Jew in the Public Arena 9, 288n66">{{Cite book | last = Rochelson | first = Meri-Jane | title =  A Jew in the Public Arena | pages = 9 & 288,n66 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | year = 2008}}</ref>{{snd}}1 August 1926) was a British author at the forefront of [[Zionism]] during the 19th century, and was a close associate of [[Theodor Herzl]].  He later rejected the search for a Jewish homeland in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] and became the prime thinker behind the [[Jewish Territorialist Organization|territorial movement]].