Arthur Szyk
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Arthur Szyk was a Polish-born American Jewish artist who worked primarily as a book illustrator and political artist throughout his career. Arthur Szyk was born into a prosperous middle-class Jewish f
Szyk, circa 1945
Portrait of Julia Szyk. Paris, 1926.
In this image from the 1919 book Rewolucja w Niemczech (Revolution in Germany), a Valkyrie-like figure stands on a globe stamped with the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz).
David and Saul (1921), Łódź, Poland.
Hillel Kook
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Hillel Kook, also known as Peter Bergson, was a Revisionist Zionist activist and politician.
Arthur Szyk
…Szyk also criticized the apparent passivity of American-Jewish organizations towards the tragedy of their European fellows. He supported the work of Hillel Kook, also known as Peter Bergson, a member of the Zionist organization Irgun, who mounted a publicity campaign in American society whose aim was to draw…
Hillel Kook
Poster Stamps "Save Human Lives" by Arthur Szyk 1944
Altalena on fire after being shelled near Tel Aviv
Hillel Kook at podium in the Knesset