Ivan Greenberg
Ivan Greenberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ivan Marion Greenberg 8 December 1896 London, England |
| Died | 11 March 1966 (aged 69) London, England |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Parent(s) | L. J. Greenberg Marion Gates |
Ivan Marion Greenberg (8 December 1896 – 11 March 1966) was an English journalist. He served as the editor of The Jewish Chronicle from 1935 to 1946. He was a Revisionist Zionist.[1]
Early life
[edit]Ivan Greenberg was born in 1896 in London.[2][3] His father, L. J. Greenberg, was the editor of The Jewish Chronicle and close to Theodor Herzl;[4] his mother was Marion Gates.[3] During World War I, he served in the Royal Artillery.[3]
Journalistic career
[edit]Greenberg worked as a journalist in South Africa and Australasia.[3] He became editorial assistant at The Jewish Chronicle in 1925.[3] He served as its editor from 1935 to 1946,[2][3] when he was fired by the managing director David F. Kessler.[4] Under his editorial leadership, The JC took a decidedly Zionist stance.[5] Kessler dismissed him on the grounds that he was too divisive, and he was succeeded by John Maurice Shaftesley.[6]
Political activism
[edit]Greenberg was a proponent of Vladimir Jabotinsky's Revisionist Zionism.[2] Additionally, he routinely criticised Britain's foreign policy towards Palestine.[7] During the Second World War, he called for European Jews to be allowed to emigrate to Palestine, and he became associated with the Committee for a Jewish Army.[8]
Greenberg translated The Revolt by Menachem Begin into English.[2][7]
Death
[edit]Greenberg died on 11 March 1966 in London.[2][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mr. Ivan Greenberg". The Times. 14 March 1966. p. 12.
- ^ a b c d e "Ivan Greenberg, Former Editor of London Jewish Chronicle, Dead". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 15 March 1966. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Cesarani, David (1994). The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841–1991. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. pp. 158–159. ISBN 9780521434348. OCLC 27146108.
- ^ a b Alderman, Geoffrey (2009). The Communal Gadfly: An Anthology. Brighton, Massachusetts: Academic Studies Press. p. 11. ISBN 9781618110565. OCLC 769188604.
- ^ Wendehorst, Stephan (2012). British Jewry, Zionism, and the Jewish State, 1936–1956. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. p. 192. ISBN 9780199265305. OCLC 723450955.
- ^ Paul, Geoffrey (1 December 1999). "David Kessler". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ a b c Rubinstein, William D., ed. (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 372. ISBN 9781403939104.
- ^ Shapiro, Robert Moses (2003). Why Didn't the Press Shout? American & International Journalism During the Holocaust. Hoboken, New Jersey: Yeshiva University Press. p. 186. ISBN 9780881257755. OCLC 50441533.
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