Hanna Jelonek has won the 2023 Mel Wacks Judaica Art Medal Award. Here's the announcement. Great topic and medal.
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Hanna Jelonek Wins the Mel Wacks Judaica Art Medal Award
The winner of the 2023 Mel Wacks Judaica Art Medal Award for the best medal shown at
FIDEM featuring a Judaic or biblical theme was Hanna Jelonek for her homage to "The Warsaw
Ghetto Uprising by sculptor Nathan Rapoport, installed in Warsaw and Yad Vashem,
Jerusalem. The medal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, led
by the youthful Mordecai Anielewicz, who is portrayed by Jelonek and Rapoport as a more
mature man.
The uprising was the largest single revolt by Jews during World War II; a total of 13,000 Jews
were killed. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the uprising was "one
of the most significant occurrences in the history of the Jewish people."
The award-winning medal was commissioned by the Association of The Jewish Historical
Institute of Poland. A short video showing the creation of Jelonek's medal can be seen at
https://youtu.be/t7Tozs4OwKk.
Hanna Jelonek received an engraved silver ingot from the Jewish-American Hall of Fame and
$250 from the Hebrew Union College's Skirball Museum in Cincinnati.
Wayne Homren, Editor
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