Seeing the winning entry was like a punch to the stomach. Reading the commentary on it was something else, too.
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Anouncing the winning cartoon: Fiddler on the Roof by Aron Katz
April 6th, 2006
The five judges have examined the cartoons and have passed their decisions. No one cartoon was a clear winner, so the winner by points is “Fiddler on the Roof†by Aron Katz, 24, from LA, USA. Runners up were “Studio 6†by Ilan Touri, 32, of Sidney Australia, and “Stars†by Andrey Feldshteyn, 56, of Minnesota USA.
Aron Katz: September 11th
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amitai/108073817/
Mr Katz has decided to donate the winning prize, 600$. Aron chose two organizations to divide the donation to:
One is
Rabbies for Human Rights, an Israeli voluntary group of activists working against violations of human rights and fighting injustice against Palestinians in the occupied territories, and other injustices within Israel. RHR gives voice to the Jewish tradition of human rights, regardless of religion, or ethnic origin. For example, when settlers perform pogroms on their Palestinian farmer neighbors, perventing them from harvesting their olives, RHR organizes Israeli volunteers to harvest the olives with them in order to protect them from settlers’ violence.
The other is
American Jewish World Service (AJWS), a Jewish aid agency working to increase awareness about the genocide in Darfur, Sudan and mobilize the North American Jewish community to respond, act and donate.
Said Aron: †I think today would be an ideal time to announce that the prize money will be going to a charity, and to ask others for their contribution. This contest has a worldwide following and a huge audience, and I think it would fit so well with the purpose of this competitionâ€.
“I would like to split the funds evenly between the RHR and the AJWS. As large and pressing an issue as the Israeli / Palestinian conflict is, I think it is important to remember that racial hatred and genocide are human issues, not just Jewish/Muslim issues.â€
The Judges’ comments
All judges have expressed their dissatisfaction by the quality of the cartoons we received.
Two of them, Art Spiegelman and Amos Biderman, refused to select a winning cartoon. Both stated that they think the idea of the contest itself is great, but the cartoon received as an outcome are disappointing, both in their aesthetic and content aspects.
Art Spiegelman chose the cartoon we created as the contest’s logo as the best cartoon in his mind, because it symbolizes the idea of the contest itself. He added that he found many “as blood-curdling as the contest literally asked for; but if one erases the Jewish names below the cartoons they pretty much just reinforce the stereotypes they mockâ€.
The Organizers
As the organizers of this contest, we are satisfied with the results.
It seems to us that some of the confusion and discomfort of many in the public with the cartoons, regarding the trouble of wether to see them as irony or just “as isâ€, was reflected in the judges’ comments.
As for us, we found many of the cartoons very funny, and had no trouble finding the ironic wink in them. Eyal’s favorite is the winning cartoon, “Fiddler on the Roofâ€, and Amitai’s is “The Jew Monster†by Eli Valley, 36, from NYC, depicting the double-pinus Jew.
Eyal and Amitai would like to thank the winners, the judges, all the participants, everybody who took part. This has been an amazing experience for us.
L’chaim!
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