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Arthur Szyk

Irvin Ungar is the author of "Reviving the Artist who Fought Hitler: My Life with Arthur Szyk." (Courtesy University of Texas Press)
Posted inBooks

The rabbi and antiquarian who made artist Arthur Szyk famous again

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 12, 2026June 12, 2026

For the past three decades, Irvin Ungar, a pulpit rabbi turned antiquarian, has been on a singular mission to bring anti-Nazi illustrator Arthur Szyk out of obscurity and secure his […]

Arthur Szyk’s “The Four Questions from The Haggadah.” (Photo/Irvin Ungar)
Posted inArt

Why artist Arthur Szyk, whose work is collected at the Magnes, is more relevant than ever

by Diane Cole March 6, 2024March 6, 2024
Detail from “Do not forgive them, oh Lord, for they do know what they do! (after Luke 23:34)” by Arthur Szyk, part of the Magnes Collection. (Courtesy Magnes)
Posted inPhotography

Now online: Magnes exhibits of works by Vishniac and Szyk

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 29, 2020
Detail from “Do not forgive them, oh Lord, for they do know what they do! (after Luke 23:34)” by Arthur Szyk, part of the Magnes Collection. (Courtesy Magnes)
Posted inCulture

New Magnes exhibit: ‘Soldier in art’ Arthur Szyk blasted tyranny in stunning works of graphic art

Lezak Shallat by Lezak Shallat March 3, 2020March 3, 2020
Eisner family music box with art by Arthur Szyk
Posted inIsrael at 70

The heirloom music box that still pulls on my heartstrings

Rabbi Dennis Eisner by Rabbi Dennis Eisner April 4, 2018April 5, 2018
From the cover of "Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art"
Posted inCulture

Lavishly illustrated volume offers full picture of activist artist Arthur Szyk

by Jewish Book Council November 9, 2017November 10, 2017
a vivid image of hitler and other nazis covering the globe with nazism
Posted inArt, Culture

Work of Szyk, whose romantic art glorified 20th-century Jewry, comes to Berkeley

by Rob Gloster April 3, 2017April 4, 2017

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