Arthur Szyk and the Art of the Haggadah: Artist as Activist
Explore themes of Passover and social activism through the work of Arthur Szyk in our curriculum resource guide. Complete with background information for teachers about Szyk and his illuminated Haggadah, the resource also offers detailed questions for visual analysis of illustrations from the Haggadah, as well as suggestions for activities to connect contemporary life with Passover themes of oppression and redemption.
Learn further about how artist-activist Arthur Szyk created a modernist version of an illuminated manuscript used as propaganda in an effort to combat aggression, oppression and injustice in a short video.
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David Friedmann used art to document his life before, during and after the Holocaust.

Excerpts from the book and a lesson plan in response to the poem written by a child in Theresienstadt.

Painting by Zev Engelmayer, artist, lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design