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September 25 - December 18, 2001
On September 11, Toni was visiting in New Jersey, and began to make his way into Manhattan to keep an appointment with a gallery that was interested in showing his work. He didn’t get into the city that day. Instead, he watched the smoke rise from across the river. The next day, he came to Washington, where he also had an appointment with a gallery. In the basement studio of friends, he began to paint.
Deborah Sokolove
At the funeral of a Jewish person, and on the anniversary of his or her death each year, those who mourn recite a prayer known as the Mourner’s Kaddish. This is an English translation of that prayer.
May the One who ordains harmony in the universe grant peace to us and to all Israel. Let us say: Amen.
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Toni Franovic was one of the Artists-in-Residence at Wesley Theological
Seminary during the 1994-1995 academic year. A prolific and talented painter,
many of the works he made during his stay with us may be seen in offices and
hallways around the Seminary.
Toni
grew up in Croatia, a country where, in his childhood memory, Christians,
Moslems and Jews lived together in harmony. Identifying with
his Jewish heritage, he lived for some time in Israel. For the last several
years, he has been living and teaching art at a university in Zagreb.
This
group of untitled paintings was done in the first few days after the attack on
the World Trade Center. They are the artist’s immediate response to the death
and destruction there, a visible Kaddish for New York.
Mourner’s
Kaddish
Magnified
and sanctified be God's great name in the world, which has been created
according to God’s own will. May God establish the divine kingdom soon, in our
lifetime. Let us say: Amen.
May
the great Name be praised to all eternity. Hallowed and honored, extolled and
exalted, adored and acclaimed be the name of the Holy One, though God is above
all the praises, hymns, and songs of adoration which humankind can utter. Let us
say: Amen.
May
God grant abundant peace and life to us and to all Israel. Let us say: Amen.