Kariel Gardosh

Kariel Gardosh (

Jerusalem Post. Gardosh is the creator of the character Srulik which became a symbol for sabras and the State of Israel, similar to Uncle Sam

in the United States.

Biography

Karl Goldberger (

forced labor, and his parents and most of his family were killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp. In early 1946 he left Hungary and moved to France. He studied comparative literature at the Sorbonne

University.

In 1948, Goldberger immigrated to Israel and changed his name to Kariel. He later joined Lehi and participated in several operations. After the assassination of Folke Bernadotte, Goldberger was arrested for his membership in Lehi. He was released after the organization was amnestied in 1949.^[1] In 1953 he joined the staff of the Maariv newspaper where he published a daily political cartoon for many years. Gradually he began to engage in writing articles, stories and skits for the newspaper as well.

Gardosh and three of his colleagues at Maariv -

Yosef Lapid, Ephraim Kishon and Yaakov Farkash (Ze'ev)

, were affectionately called "the Hungarian mob."

In 1981–1983 Gardosh worked at as a Cultural attaché at the Israeli embassy in London

He had two children with his first wife, Shoshana Roman, and lived with his partner Tova Pardo until his death of heart failure on 28 February 2000, at the age of 78.

Awards and commemoration

Gardosh won the Herzl Prize, the Nordau Prize, the Jabotinsky Award and the Sokolow Prize in recognition of his work.

References

^ "Gardosh Kariel – Freedom Fighters of Israel Heritage Association". Retrieved 2023-11-01.

External links

[1] "Gardosh Kariel – Freedom Fighters of Israel Heritage Association". Retrieved 2023-11-01.

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