THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

36 Friday, March 14, 1986

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Carli and his wife Marge, live in
Warren and have three grown
children.
Glassman and his wife Sylvia,
have a daughter, Carol, 38, and
live in Oak Park.
Carli's parents, Ezio Carli and
Alice Benvenuti came to the
United States in the 1900s and
met and married in America. Like
many immigrants, they came to
attain the American dream of
freedom, and the Statue repre-
sented this hope, said Carli.
Glassman's parents arrived in
the late 1800s — his father, Philip
Sklarovich, from Poland; and his
mother, Tillie Sigman, from Rus-
sia. They too met and married in •
the United States. The Sklarovich
name was changed, said
Glassman, at Ellis Island' to its
American equivalent.
The men speak highly of each
other. " 'Amp' is very active in Ita-
lian societies," said Glassman.
"He is the one who was responsi-
ble in getting things started" (the
restoration).
Carli replied, "I give credit
where credit is due," when asked
about the choice of his theme, and
Glassman's music.
Both men state that they are
extremely patriotic.
"Not only are we paying tribute
to our country, but we are also
paying tribute to our parents,"
said Glassman. Carli nodded in
agreement.
In the fundraising brochure,
Carli states: "Every time I see the
'Statue of Liberty I count myself
blessed, and thank my parents for
this gift."
"Amp" Carli describes himself
as a movie buff who will travel
miles for a great movie. He also
enjoys the theater. He is currently
semi-retired, and is involved in
many different public relations
and marketing projects. He prev-
iously worked 20 years for the
Federal Housing Administration
as a housing manager and officer.
• Harvey Glassman. is also semi-
retired, and invovled in several
enterprises. He works as' an out-
side agent for a travel firm, as
well as a salesman for another
company.
Previously, he was a salesman
for several businesses, as well as
an inspector of wholesale meats
and slaughter houses for the
Office of Price Administration.
Glassman loves to.write songs,
despite a lack of formal training.
The melodies and lyrics come to
him at different times, and he
uses a tape recorder to remember
them. His first songs were written
in 1944, during his, service in 'the
army. The melody of one of those
songs is being used in Glassman's

Statue of Liberty album. "A pasA-
of the proceeds will go to the resto-
ration project," he said.
The six songs in the album are
entitled Lady Liberty; Lady Lib-
erty March; I'm American; Uncle
Sam's Parade; We're Rightln Step
With You, America; and Old
Glory.
Angelo P. Primo has done the
instrumental arrangements for
the first two songs; and Jeff Stein-
berg has done the arrangements
for the remainder, as well as for
several other Glassman songs —
ranging in theme from Mother's
Day to Christmas.
Unfortunately, due to a lack of
funding Glassman hasn't been
able to market them. He hopes
that the sale of his Statue of Lib-
erty album will give his music
recognition.
Glassman has been friends with
Hildegarde, the famous pianist/
singer, for years. "She's been a
magnificent encouragement to
me," he said. He will be dedicating
his first album to her in honor of
her 80th birthday, which she re-
cently celebrated in concert at
Carnegie Hall.
The idea for local participation
in the restoration project came
about one evening, said Carli,
during a meeting of one of the Ita-
lian organizations. Everyone
agreed that something had to be
done with the organization's sav-
ings, and that it should be spent
wisely by their generation, he
said. They decided on the restora-
tion.
Carli put in manyhours of re-
search to complete the brochure
which is the backbone of the fun-
draising. In it, he gives credit to
"all those people responsible for
the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Is-
land": De Laboulaye, the profes-
sor and French scholar who
suggested that a monument be
built; Bartholdi, the French
sculptor who made - the Statue;
Joseph Pulitzer, the ,Hungarian
Jewish immigrant who iiurchased
• theNew York World newspaper in
1883 — the World successfully'
appealed for the funds needed for
the Statue's pedestal; and Emma
Lazarus, the Sephardic Jewish
woman who wrote the poem that
became the Statue's "soul." Car-
li's brochure also describes the ar-
rival of the immigrants — their
fears, hopes, and trials to become
Americans.
The brochure, a map of Italy,
Statue of Liberty stationery and
pen are being offered to local con-
tributors by the Chamber of Ita-
lian Americans in Troy.
Glassman and Carli hope the
Statue of Liberty album will soon
be added to that list. 0

Lazarus: Liberty's Poet

BY BARBARA GOOGOOIAN

Speckil to The Jewish News

Mention her name, and be as-
sured of receiving a bewildered
look accompanied by "Who's she?"
Is it posiible that although the
words echoing encouragement
and hope for so many immigrants
are remembered, the poet who
panned jiipra,
long been for-

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The poem, which makes its
home on the pedestal of the Statue
of Liberty was written by Emma
Lazarus. The recollection of a visit
to Ward Island, in 1881, inspired
the poetry. At that time, Ward Is-
land served as a detention center
for the sick and destituteimmig-
rants will) , Avotild. , arrive.• in... e

