Szyk Haggadah

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The Szyk Haggadah is a

), which is clarified and interpreted by the images and symbols on the same page.

Szyk first looked for a publisher for his Haggadah in mainland

King George VI
of the United Kingdom, who received one of the first copies.

The Szyk Haggadah has been reproduced in popular trade editions in Jerusalem and elsewhere since 1956. A new luxury limited edition, produced by digital printing and with an updated translation and commentary by Byron Sherwin, was edited by Irvin Ungar and published in 2008 by Historicana in Burlingame, California. The documentary film "In Every Generation: Understanding The Szyk Haggadah", directed by James Ruxin,[1] documents the history of The Szyk Haggadah and its contemporary remaking. In 2011, Ungar collaborated with Abrams Books to publish trade copies of The Szyk Haggadah (Historicana, 2008) in hardcover and paperback.[2] In 2014, the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco displayed all 48 of Arthur Szyk's original Haggadah paintings (together for the first time in sixty years) in an exhibition entitled "Arthur Szyk and the Art of the Haggadah."[3][4]

References

  1. ^ In Every Generation: Remaking The Szyk Haggadah, Historicana and JKR Productions, 2008 (first of several parts) Retrieved 2010-01-13
  2. ^ Ungar, Irvin (April 19, 2019). "My Journey with the Szyk Haggadah". Forward. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  3. ^ Hession, Stephanie Wright (February 12, 2014). "Arthur Szyk at Contemporary Jewish Museum". SFGATE. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. ^ Schechter, Joel (April 5, 2014). "The Most Beautiful Haggadah in the Room". Forward. Retrieved 21 April 2019.

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