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‘Matzah Moon’

Painting by Mark Podwal

Mark Podwal Passover
“Matzah Moon,” 2004, by Mark Podwal. Cover image for an edition of Elie Wiesel’s “A Passover Haggadah.” Credit: Mark Podwal.
Mark Podwal is an artist in New York. He has illustrated many of the books of his friend Elie Wiesel, and his work can be found in major museums, Jewish and non-Jewish, worldwide.
Mark Podwal Passover
“Matzah Moon,” 2004, by Mark Podwal. Cover image for an edition of Elie Wiesel’s “A Passover Haggadah.” Credit: Courtesy of Mark Podwal.

Mark Podwal’s 2004 painting “Matzah Moon,” which was the cover image for an edition of Elie Wiesel’s “A Passover Haggadah.”

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