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‘Tu B’Shevat’

Mark Podwal’s drawing celebrates JNF turning Israel green.

Mark Podwal Tu B’Shevat
“Tu B’Shevat” (2003) by Mark Podwal. Acrylic and colored pencil. 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.

“Tu B’Shevat” (2003), an acrylic and colored pencil drawing by Mark Podwal. More about the picture here.

Mark Podwal
“Tu B’Shevat” (2003) by Mark Podwal. Acrylic and colored pencil. Credit: Mark Podwal.

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