Ghetto Comedies is a 1907 novel by British author Israel Zangwill (1864-1926). Contents include: How I Found The Model , The Model’s Story , The Picture Evolves , I Become A Sorter , Last Stage Of All , Anglicization , The Jewish Trinity , etc. Highly recommended for fans and collectors of Zangwill’s seminal literature. Zangwill was a leading figure in cultural Zionism during the 19th century, as well as close friend of father of modern political Zionism, Theodor Herzl. In later life, he renounced the seeking of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Other notable works by this author include: Dreamers of the Ghetto (1898) and Ghetto Tragedies (1899). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an introductory chapter from English Humourists of To-Day by J. A. Hammerton.