LANDA, MYER JACK

LANDA, MYER JACK (1874–1947), author and journalist. Born in Leeds, he became a parliamentary reporter and in 1942 was elected chairman of the House of Commons Press Gallery. For a time Landa, a keen Zionist, also edited The Jewish World. His books include The Alien Problem (1911), The Jew in Drama (1926), Palestine as It Is (1932), The Shylock Myth (1942), and The Man Without a Country (1946).