The Meaning of Hizballah’s Exploding Pagers
Crippling manpower and preparing for the coming war.
September 18, 2024
Mark Podwal, in memoriam.
On Friday, the artist and physician Mark Podwal died at the age seventy-nine. As Menachem Wecker notes, Podwal’s “drawings and paintings often drew on Jewish history, including ritual practice and centuries of anti-Semitism.” Wecker considers the career of this Jewish artist:
Crippling manpower and preparing for the coming war.
Instead of Jewish pride, a mealy-mouthed masterpiece.
It has barely used the legal means at its disposal.
Mark Podwal, in memoriam.
The writer of the beloved film Sallah Shabati.
On Friday, the artist and physician Mark Podwal died at the age seventy-nine. As Menachem Wecker notes, Podwal’s “drawings and paintings often drew on Jewish history, including ritual practice and centuries of anti-Semitism.” Wecker considers the career of this Jewish artist:
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