Leon Israel (Yiddish: לעאָן איזראַעל; 1887–1955), known under the pseudonym "Lola" (לאָלאַ),[1] was a Jewish-American artist.

Leon Israel was born on December 12, 1887 in Pinsk in the Russian Empire,[2][3][4] modern-day Belarus.

In 1909 Israel published his first caricature, that of Jacob Gordin, for the weekly magazine Der groyser kundes under his pseudonym "Lola".

[2][3] He also illustrated various Yiddish books, and in 1953 he published a picturebook, Di amoliker ist said in bilder (The East Side of Yesteryear in Pictures), which depicts immigrants in Manhattan during the early 20th century.

[3] He was cited by future Jewish-American artist Eli Valley as an influence.