Catharsis Found in Haggadah Artwork
While Israeli artist Avner Moriah was creating \”Haggadat Moriah\” (Moriah Haggadah), his wife, Andy, was undergoing chemotherapy treatments for leukemia.
\”I sat next to her when the chemicals were dripping in,\” said the 50-year-old artist, in Los Angeles this week for an exhibit opening of his work at the University of Judaism. \”In Israel everyone davens and says \’Tehillim\’ when someone is sick, but I came up with images for the haggadah. When I started, the images were really small but as she got healthier, they became more colorful and more lively. When I finished [and Andy recovered] I realized that I had painted my own journey from Egypt.\”