Public Ceremony Marking 60th
Anniversary of Famous Artist's Death
to be Held at his Gravesite on Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 12:30 PM
to be Held at his Gravesite on Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 12:30 PM
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| The renowned Arthur Szyk's Aron Kodesh (Holy Ark) at Forest Hills Jewish Center. In the New York Press, Szyk stated “This is my first work for a temple,” which was also his first 3-D creation for a synagogue. Meant to symbolize the crown and breastplate of a Torah scroll, it is unique how Torah design elements can serve as an inspiration for a ‘larger than life’ model. Architectural critics and historians consent that it is one of the most phenomenal 20th century Judaic works of art. - Photo & explanation provided by Michael Perlman, Rego-Forest Preservation Council |
Long Island, New York - World renowned artist and
activist Arthur Szyk, who designed the magnificent
Ark of the Forest Hills Jewish Center (FHJC) in the late 1940s, will be
remembered during a graveside ceremony at New Montefiore cemetery on
Long Island, New York, on Sunday, September 25 at 12:30PM. Rabbi Irvin
Ungar, curator of The Arthur Szyk Society, will
travel from California to lead the commemoration.
Arthur Szyk was born in Łódź, Poland in 1894 and
immigrated to the United States in 1940. The foremost anti-Nazi artist
in America during World War II, he was also a leading advocate
for the rescue of European Jewry and the creation of the State of
Israel. Sixty years after Szyk's death in New Canaan, Connecticut at the
age of fifty-seven, this ceremony will pay tribute to the artist's
memory and legacy. Readings will include passages
from the FHJC founding Rabbi Ben Zion Bokser's moving 1951 eulogy,
which will be interwoven with thoughts and reflections on Arthur Szyk as
an artist and as a great man.
The Szyk gravesite is located within Block 7,
Section 5, Row C of the New Montefiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, Long Island,
Suffolk County, New York. The ceremony is free and open to the public.
For more information about the legacy of Arthur Szyk, as well as information on the Arthur Szyk Society and Forest Hills Jewish Center, please visit:
http://szyk.org
http://www.fhjc.org
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