Igal Harmelin Igal Harmelin

In Memory of Abbaleh (Daddy)

My father, Zvi Harmelin, was born on Nov 2 1917; had he been with us today, we would have celebrated his 100th Birthday.

I’m trying to imagine how he would have looked at 100. Surely, he would have appeared to be quite different than he was when he passed away, almost 30 years ago, only a few years older than I am now. Already then, at 72, he was quite frail, somewhat underweight and much slower than the daddy I remember in my childhood and youth.

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