[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 283 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 283

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                           May 4, 2009.
Whereas Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig, Holocaust survivor, scholar, teacher, and 
        founder of the Nation's first free-standing Holocaust Memorial Center, 
        passed away on December 11, 2008, which corresponds to the 14th of 
        Kislev, 5769 of the Hebrew calendar, and was buried in Jerusalem, 
        Israel;
Whereas Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig was beloved by friends, family, and 
        congregants and is survived by his wife Helen and four children, Martin 
        Rosenzveig, Rabbi Ely Rosenzveig, Judy Rosenzveig, and Adina 
        Novogrodsky, and ten grandchildren;
Whereas Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig was born on November 13, 1920, in Ostrovitz, 
        Poland, to Yente and Eliezer Lippa Rosenzveig;
Whereas Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig was educated in the Jewish cheder and 
        prestigious Bialystok Yeshiva, and studied the laws of his faith 
        concerning the importance of good deeds and social justice, and 
        developed exceptional knowledge of the Talmud, the rabbinic 
        interpretation of Jewish Law;
Whereas Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig endured and bore witness to the horrific 
        atrocities of the Holocaust, the Shoah, and members of his immediate and 
        extended family perished at the hands of the Nazis;
Whereas Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig managed to escape his Nazi persecutors, fled 
        from Poland to the Soviet Union before immigrating to the United States, 
        settling at first in New York City in 1947;
Whereas Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig attended the world-renowned Yeshiva 
        University in Manhattan and was ordained in 1951 as a rabbi, leader, and 
        teacher in the Jewish community;
Whereas, upon receiving the rabbinic designation, Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig 
        led Congregation Mt. Sinai in Port Huron, Michigan, where he served as 
        spiritual leader until 1993, when he left the pulpit to devote his 
        entire energy and spirit to the Holocaust Memorial Center, a project he 
        had envisioned since his escape from Europe;
Whereas the Holocaust Memorial Center, established in 1984 at the Jewish 
        Community Center in West Bloomfield, Michigan, became the Nation's first 
        free-standing Holocaust Memorial Center;
Whereas the Holocaust Memorial Center is a monument to the memory of the victims 
        of the Holocaust, and an educational institution with a mission to teach 
        the lesson of tolerance to future generations, welcoming millions of 
        visitors from around the world wishing to learn about the horrors of the 
        Holocaust in order to prevent such a tragedy from occurring again;
Whereas other Holocaust centers around the country have been built, many modeled 
        on Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig's original Holocaust Memorial Center;
Whereas Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig traveled and spoke extensively to raise 
        awareness and grow the Holocaust Memorial Center, allowing the Holocaust 
        Memorial Center to move from its original home in West Bloomfield, 
        Michigan, to a large, state-of-the-art museum in Farmington Hills, 
        Michigan, that also houses the Museum of European Heritage and the 
        International Institute of the Righteous;
Whereas it was Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig's vision for the new center to 
        enlighten future generations about the horrors of the Holocaust and 
        nourish a social consciousness whereby the ``righteous acts of the few 
        become the standard of the many''; and
Whereas Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig succeeded in providing the tools necessary 
        for the message of ``Never Again'' to be understood by future 
        generations: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) mourns the passing of Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig and pauses to 
        remember the 6,000,000 Jews killed in the Holocaust and the more than 
        11,000,000 people murdered in World War II; and
            (2) honors the life and accomplishments of Rabbi Charles H. 
        Rosenzveig as a scholar, teacher, rabbi, and Founder and Director of the 
        Holocaust Memorial Center.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.