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Re: Zvi Har'El

From: <Greg.Kinney~at~UCHSC.edu>
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:40:08 -0700
To: <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

I read of the loss of Zvi with great sadness. I never met him in real life either but I've enjoyed reading his posts on this mailing list for the last few years.

Nadav; your dad was loved all over the world. All of my best to your family.

Gregory Kinney


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il on behalf of Nejat Bayramoglu
Sent: Sun 2/3/2008 11:16 AM
To: Jules Verne Forum
Subject: Re: Zvi Har'El
 
Dear Nadav,

Though I never had an opportunity to meet Zvi in real life, from my correspondance I know he was a kind, tolerant, modest but also a very industrious and persevering person.

He has passed away but his journey "vers l'immortalité et l'éternelle jeuness" is going on.

Please accept my most sincere condolences.

Nejat Bayramoglu
  
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nadav Har'El" <nyh~at~math.technion.ac.il>
To: <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 3:01 PM
Subject: Zvi Har'El


> Dear Jules Verne Forum members,
> This is Nadav Har'El, Zvi's son.
>
> I subscribed to the forum, and saw that you had already heard the tragic
> news of my father's death. I read the deeply touching condolences that some
> of you have written in English and in French - and also translated and read
> them out to my mom and my family.
>
> We want to thank you all for the condolences, and even more - for being such
> great friends to my dad for the last 12 years or so. He truely loved his work
> on the site and the forum, and really enjoyed the company of the people of
> this forum, many of whom he corresponded with, and some he even met in person.
>
> My father died peacefully in his home. Until a few minutes before his death
> in 2:30am, he was working in great enthusiasm on the issue of Verniana.
> He told my mom, excitingly, that he was working with others on the first
> issue to commemorate Jules Verne's birth in February 8th, and that the issue
> is almost complete.
>
> I wanted to tell you all that while I'm not much of a Jules Verne expert
> (I think I only read about 10 of his books), and though my French is rusty,
> I would very much like to make sure that my dad's work on jv.gilead.org.il,
> on the Jules Verne forum, and on Verniana, lives on. This was my dad's
> greatest hobby, which he loved so much, and ironically started in my late
> brother's memory. Now I want to make sure it lives on in his memory.
>
> There is no reason to fear for the existance of my dad's site, or the domain
> jv.gilead.org.il. The site is hosted in ibiblio.org, a big non-profit host
> from North Carolina, and will not go away. I have an ibiblio.org account as
> well, and will try as soon as possible to learn the ins and outs of this
> system (I have a lot of experience with such matters - I got my passion for
> computers from dad). Hopefully I will also learn how to involve more of you
> with running the site (like my dad already did in recent efforts like
> Verniana, which had several editors).
> I wanted to ask you all for your help to do this smoothly; If you are aware
> of any problems with the site, the mailing list, or anything, please let me
> know. There are probably many parts of the site and the forum that I'm not
> even aware of.
>
> The first thing I would like to do is to get out that February 8 issue of
> Verniana. I've already been in touch with Jean-Michel Margot on the subject,
> and will do my best to help make this happen.
>
> May my dad rest in peace, and his work live on. Because, as they say,
> "Ars longa, vita brevis" (the art is long, life is short...).
>
> Nadav.
>
> --
> Nadav Har'El | Sunday, Feb 3 2008, 27 Shevat 5768
> nyh~at~math.technion.ac.il |-----------------------------------------
> Phone +972-523-790466, ICQ 13349191 |
> http://nadav.harel.org.il |

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