Klarinet Archive - Posting 000825.txt from 2002/11

From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Eli Eban
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 00:00:53 -0500

Dan
I just now sent Eli an email which touched upon the sadness of a son
losing his dear father. I mentioned his father's legacy to Israel only
in passing. I lost my own dear father in February and I understand the
deep upset this can cause. Today at one of my schools, a teacher got
word that her mother had died this morning, so empathy for the survivors
was uppermost in my mind. Your comments about not being effusive about
his father's accomplishments were already set in my mind. Eli didn't
love his Dad because of what he did for Israel but because this was his father.

Thanks

Audrey

Daniel Leeson wrote:
>
> His address is eeban@-----.edu
>
> If I can offer a suggestion, Eli has always been very cool to those who
> tell him what a remarkable man his father was. It is something he has
> heard his whole life, and I think he is uncomfortable with the subject
> when it arises. So if you are going to be effusive about his father and
> his father's accomplishment, it will turn him off fast.
>
> I always make reference to the relationship of a father to a son, and do
> not dwell on his father's accomplishments, mighty though they may be.
> My note to him was simply an express of condolence as I would have
> written one to anyone who lost a parent. I spoke about how, in the
> future, he would see his father's face in the face of strangers, but
> that is something that I would tell anyone. In effect, in my notes to
> him, he has no way of knowing that I know anything at all about his
> father or his accomplishments.
>
> Dan
>
> Audrey Travis wrote:
> > I'm glad to hear that Eli saw his father before he passed away. Indeed
> > Abba Eban was one of the founding fathers of Israel and a deeply
> > eloquent orator. Could you please send me his email address privately?
> > I met him a few years ago in Vancouver and want to send him my
> > condolences as well.
> >
> > Thanks, Dan.
> >
> > Audrey
> >
> > Daniel Leeson wrote:
> >
> >>I sent Eli a note of condolence on the loss of his father, assuming that
> >>he would get to it when he got back to Indiana. But he picked up the
> >>message while he was in Israel and reported that he was able to return
> >>home before his father passed away. So he was with that amazing man at
> >>the end.
> >>--
> >>***************************
> >>**Dan Leeson **
> >>**leeson0@-----.net **
> >>***************************
> >>
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
> --
> ***************************
> **Dan Leeson **
> **leeson0@-----.net **
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