The Sculptural Journey of Beniamin Kujawski Born into an orthodox Jewish family in Ryki, Poland, the man who would later be known as Zeev Ben-Zvi underwent a profound transformation that mirrored the shifting landscapes of the early twentieth century. His path to becoming a sculptor was one of immense physical and spiritual labor; he famously recounted how, after deciding to pursue sculpture at the age of nineteen, he spent his days performing grueling manual labor as a stonemason laying watermains in Jerusalem or working as a bricklayer, only to dedicate his nights to the mastery of his cra…