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Szyk Haggadah
Szyk Haggadah

The Szyk Haggadah: Art Exhibit
The haggadah, the ritual text for the Passover seder, evokes the story of the exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt. While myriad haggadot have been created from the tenth century to the present, the exhibition highlights the unique and powerful story of The Szyk Haggadah (1940). Arthur Szyk (1894–1951), a Polish Jew keenly aware of current events, fused his two passions—art and history—into a visual commentary on the dangerous parallel between the Passover narrative and the alarming developments unfolding in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The exhibition includes all forty-eight original illustrations of Szyk’s masterpiece that has become a mainstay in Jewish homes. Historical illuminated haggadot from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as contemporary versions, will also be featured.

Szyk also illustrated a book for children of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales. His work may remind you of stories from childhood.

Date: February 13–June 29
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Place: The Contemporary Jewish Museum, 36 Mission St. San Francisco
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