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Mordecai Ardon
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “polish -born artist”. Today it says “israeli painter”.
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Mordecai Ardon ( 1896 - June 18 , 1992 ), was a Polish -born artist. He immigrated to Israel in 1933.1 One of his most famous creations are the Ardon Windows , a set of large stained-glass windows displayed prominently in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem, incorporating visual elements from the Kabbalah .2
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polish -born artist
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israeli painter
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