The exhibition, which was created by the Marek Edelman Dialogue Center in Łódź, has moved to the Central Municipal Library of Kfar Saba and will be available to the public for the next two months.

In the framework of the exhibition’s promotion, a special exhibition tour will take place on 16 September (Monday) at 10:30, including the lecture by Dr. Aviv Livnat, a researcher and lecturer at Haifa Interdisciplinary Unit for Polish Studies at Haifa University, also at the universities in Tel Aviv University and New York. Dr. Livnat is an author of many publications in scientific and cultural journals. The area of his research interests includes mutual influences between Polish and Jewish culture in Poland.He is the founder and the director of the Copper Museum in Tsfat, and the Artistic Foundation Raz- Ram. Livnat is an artist and jazz musician.

Address: Central Municipal Library of Kfar Saba, 33, Jerusalem St., Kfar Saba

Free entry – RSVP by e-mail Refroom@ksaba.co.il, phone 09-7640839, or at the Registration Desk at the Library

*The event will be held in Hebrew.

The exhibition arrived to Israel thanks to the cooperation of the Polish Institute in Tel Aviv with the Multidisciplinary Unit for Polish Studies and the Library of the University of Haifa.

Fragments from the album “Artur Szyk – Pole, Jew, Lodzener” written and published by Marek Edelman Dialogue Center in Łódź:

“I am a Jew and Poland is my homeland. I cannot separate one from the other in my heart”. (Artur Szyk)

“Wherever I am, I will always work and, above all, for Poland”. (Artur Szyk)

“As a Pole, I reserve the rights to my works for my country before other countries”. (Artur Szyk)

To us, the Employees of the Marek Edelman Dialogue Center  in Łódź, Artur Szyk’s works help talk about the history of Poland, Europe and the world, but also about tolerance, social injustice, multiculturalism and empathy.

Artur Szyk (1894 – 1951) – author of miniatures, illuminated books and excellent caricatures, is one of the most interesting artists of the 20th century. His uniqueness is separate, yet deeply embedded in culture. In his most important works – “The Statute of Kalisz” and “The Haggadah” – he referred to the works of medieval masters, but spoke his own modern language. His anti-fascist caricatures were also recognizable, through which he waged – as he himself emphasized – a personal war against Hitler. Artur Szyk’s works can be found in the most important libraries and museums in the world, but the artist remains a little-known figure, even in his hometown of Łódź. Poles still know little about him, although we should talk about him and proudly show his work to the whole world.

More about Artur Szyk (in English)