Ivan Greenberg | |
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Born | Ivan Marion Greenberg 8 December 1896 London, England |
Died | 11 March 1966 London, England | (aged 69)
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]
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]
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]
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]
Greenberg died on 11 March 1966 in London. [2] [7]
Ivan Greenberg | |
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Born | Ivan Marion Greenberg 8 December 1896 London, England |
Died | 11 March 1966 London, England | (aged 69)
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]
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]
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]
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]
Greenberg died on 11 March 1966 in London. [2] [7]