Israel Zangwill, the distinguished Jewish novelist and playwright of England arrived here on SS La France Saturday.
Zangwill was met at the pier by a group of representatives of the American Jewish Congress, which he has come here to address. He was taken to the home of Nathan Straus.
Zangwill told newspapermen that he had a comprehensive plan for Jewry which he would present in his address at the Congress. The future of Judaism, he declared is in the hands of American Jews.
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