# The Melting-Pot

By Israel Zangwill.

"The Melting-Pot" by Israel Zangwill is a play first staged in 1908. It follows David Quixano, a Russian Jewish immigrant who survived a pogrom that killed his family. In America, he composes an "American Symphony" celebrating his vision of a society free from ethnic divisions. When he falls in love with Vera, a Russian Christian immigrant, their romance faces a dramatic confrontation with the past. The play popularized the term "melting pot" as a symbol for American ethnic assimilation. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Jews -- Drama

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Melting Pot](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/7722) by Israel Zangwill (4 h 9 min, English)

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