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Re: Zvi Har'El

From: Michael F. Duke <hillbillyhobbit~at~hughes.net>
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:00:16 -0600
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

I am stunned and sickened by this news. Only Friday Zvi helped me with a
problem I had logging on to the site. He was kind, generous, tolerant, and
patient to a fault, and his intelligence and enthusiasm for all things
Verne remain an inspiration to us all. To Nadav and all his family, my
most sincere condolences.

Mike


On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:01:46 -0600, Nadav Har'El <nyh~at~math.technion.ac.il>
wrote:

> 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.
>

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