April 17, 2024
JEWISH JUDAIC ART A Jewish Man/Rabbi performing ritual of Kaparot SIMON KARCZMAR
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MASTERPIECE WORK BY Simon Natan Karczmar (1903-1982)VERY UNIQUE SUBJECT FOR THIS ARTIST Depicting A Jewish Man/Rabbi doing the ritual of kaparot, this original painting is signed “S. Karczmar.” and is framed in a beautiful gold frameIt is customary to perform the kaparot (s ymbolic "atonement") rite in preparation for Yom Kippur .The rite consists of taking a chicken and waving it over one's head three times while reciting the appropriate text.Born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1903, Simon Karczmar studied art in Paris, where he lived for twenty years. Although he left France for Israel in 1962, most of his work evokes his experiences in Eastern Europe.Immigrated to Israel 1962 and joined Artists' Quarter in Safed.Represented Israel at exhibitions in Mexico, Canada, U.S.A. and Europe.In this series of images known collectively as Shtetl, Karczmar draws inspiration from his childhood memories of the vacations he spent at his grandfather's house in Lithuania. The word shtetl is Yiddish for little town and refers to the villages with significant Jewish populations that could once be found throughout Eastern Europe.The nostalgia of Karczmar's renderings contrasts with the darker views of life for Jews revealed in the photographs by Vishniac and drawings of Lilien. While the photographs in The VanishedWorld seem to emphasize the deprivation experienced
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