Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-08-19

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loom as the unbrokcn, Independent Jew.
ish conscience, MS the man. who, fear.
less and uniiring, fought for his visions.
what Of the Night?"
! interviewed him in the fall Of 1923
1t was after his famous Carnegie Hnll
speech: 'Watchman, What of the
Night PIN which he completely nnni.
hllated the political leadership of Dr.
Chain weizmann. President Of the
World Zionist Organization: and after
his denunciation OF America, delivered
In Town Hall. remember how weary
mn, harnssed he seemed, there In his
small hotel room. Floor and furniture
were Uttered with heaps Of newspapers.
to which the bcllboys brought new ad-
ditions every few moments. Picking up
several sheets, he pointed out some I'M.
complimentary references 10 his
speeches He smiled sadly: I'm used
to this. When they Will like what
say, I will Know that am growing
old"
Building by Devastating
During that conversation. Znngwill
insisted tipt clearing the ground is the
first step Of constructive work. and that
the demolition Of rotten and crum-
bling foundation Is not mere destruc-
tion. but the beginning OF building.
However, his keen wit always kept
the upper hand. Unexpectedly. forget
ting ail about his argument. he would
burst out with pun, and laugh heart
lily at his invention. But it was bitter.
caustic sort Of Jewish Galgcnhumor.
often directed against himself.
), In addition to his twenty-old volumes
Of novels, poetry. drama. essays and
trnnslntiOns. and his hundreds of arti.
cles in various important md unlmport-
ant publications. Zangwlll leaves to the
world In general the memory of the
most versatile Jew OF the end of the
nineseenih and the beginning Of the
present century. To the various polit.
icni factions, both Jewish and nOn-Jew.
ish. he appeared at various times as the
irrcpressihe enfant terrible, who FIRE.
Quently spoke the truth ut the wrong
time. and with fine disregard OF pos
sible consequences.
hr Gtan1,an Wtp. Of III
Israel Zangwill speaks not for Israel
but for Israel Zangwill." would cor
rect this typical wlsc epigram: Not
for Israel. hut always to Israel" Ma
voice ever had greater repercussion
than the voice of this tireless. indom-
liable fighter. However, the propaga an
dist never submerged the artist He al
ways spoke in terse epigrams. often
coining phrases that would express an
entire destiny in few words. No won
der. therefore. that what Zangwill said
always wns heard ever the rumbling of
the machinery OF any organization. In
himself he embodied movement, a
movement that freQuently-tO his honor
le 1t said--counted Zangwill as its
leader and only adherent.
Ends the Great Triumvirate
In him the Jewish world loses the
last member of the great spiritual tri-
umvirate - Herzl, NOrtlau, Zangwill.
But Zangwill leaves no organization
that will smooth his path to immortal
ity. He went through life along-one of
the solitary giants of mankind, like Ro
main ROLAND, Rabindranath Tagore
and Mahatma Gandhi; and he will face
posterity alone, with his unnrmed, re-
splendent, naked personality.
The last curtain OF the Zangwill
tragedy has fallen. The tragedy of the
never.faltering, never-weakening Con-
science of World Jewry.
Copyright. 1926. by Seven Arts Feature
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