Forget the Nobel Prize ceremony, this place is more important

Mark Nicklawske Dec 11, 2016 1 Comment
Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan’s parents, Beatrice and Abram Zimmerman, are buried at Tifereth Israel Cemetery in Duluth.

Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan’s parents, Beatrice and Abram Zimmerman, are buried at Tifereth Israel Cemetery in Duluth.

I didn’t get an invitation to the Nobel Prize award ceremony for Bob Dylan in Sweden yesterday. Instead, I visited a memorial to the most important people in his life: His parents.

Abram and Beatrice Zimmerman are both buried in Duluth; the same city they brought Bob Dylan into this world more than 75 years ago. The same city where I live.

So on a bright blue, wonderfully cold day, I stepped into my pick-up truck, dropped a Duane Eddy CD into the player and drove 15 minutes to Tifereth Israel Cemetery. Somehow it seemed more important than anything happening in Stockholm.

Read all about it here.

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DECk37

about 8 years ago 

Wow, I have family buried in the neighboring Calvary Cemetery, and I just happened to walk Tifereth Israel Cemetery this fall. I actually noticed this head stone and commented to self if there was any relation. So I guess my answer is yes, yes there was.

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