Szyk Haggadah
The Szyk Haggadah is a
Szyk first looked for a publisher for his Haggadah in mainland
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
- ^ In Every Generation: Remaking The Szyk Haggadah, Historicana and JKR Productions, 2008 (first of several parts) Retrieved 2010-01-13
- ^ Ungar, Irvin (April 19, 2019). "My Journey with the Szyk Haggadah". Forward. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ Hession, Stephanie Wright (February 12, 2014). "Arthur Szyk at Contemporary Jewish Museum". SFGATE. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ Schechter, Joel (April 5, 2014). "The Most Beautiful Haggadah in the Room". Forward. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
External links
- "Arthur Szyk and the Art of the Haggadah" at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
- The Szyk Haggadah (Abrams)
- The New Edition of The Szyk Haggadah (Historicana, April 15, 2008)
- The New York Sun, "The Szyk Haggadah, Revived and Illuminated", Gabrielle Birkner, April 18, 2008 Archived April 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- The Jewish Journal (of Greater Los Angeles). "The classic Szyk Haggadah becomes a modern masterpiece of the digital age", Tom Tugend, April 17, 2008
- Jewish Week (New York), "'Szyk Haggadah' Goes High-Tech", Sandee Brawarsky, April 16, 2008[permanent dead link]
- The Jerusalem Post, "Drawing on Experience", Tom Tugend, April 11, 2008[permanent dead link]
- Amphora, "The Szyk Haggadah", Rollin Milroy, October 2007
- Forward, "Illuminated Tales", March 23, 2007
- The Beauty & Anti-Nazi Message of Artur Szyk’s Haggadah