Arthur Szyk (pronounced “Shick”) created his magnificent haggadah in Lodz on the eve of the Nazi occupation of his native Poland. No other haggadah is quite like this one; it is filled with sumptuous paintings of Jewish heroes and stunning calligraphy.

This edition, the first since 1940 to be reproduced from Szyk’s original art, boasts a newly commissioned English text by Rabbi Byron L. Sherwin. It also contains a commentary section by Rabbi Sherwin and Irvin Ungar, giving insight into both the rituals of the seder and Szyk’s rich illustrations.

Arthur Szyk (1884–1951) was known primarily as a political illustrator. Eleanor Roosevelt once referred to him as a “one-man army” and, indeed, he saw himself as a “soldier in art.”

 

Softcover
128 pages