[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: May 26, 1994]
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                    TRIBUTE TO RABBI SIDNEY AKSELRAD

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 25, 1994

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute Rabbi Sidney Akselrad, 
a dedicated community leader from California's 14th Congressional 
District who was recently honored by the Palo Alto Senior Coordinating 
Council with its prestigious Lifetimes of Achievement Award.
  Rabbi Sidney Akselrad has practiced the art of coalition-building 
throughout his life--with his congregations, youth, fellow rabbis, 
other denominations, and the civil rights movement. His cochairmanship 
in 1960 of the Bay Area Committee for Freedom Riders led to his 
becoming extensively involved with civil rights activities in the South 
and his association with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rabbi Akselrad 
also provided extraordinary leadership for 20 years as senior rabbi for 
Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills. His community service includes 
working as a chaplain at Stanford Hospital, a founding board member of 
Opportunities Industrialization Center West [OICW], a board member of 
the United Way of Santa Clara County, and president of the Northern 
California Board of Rabbis. His numerous honors include the Palo Alto 
B'nai B'rith Brotherhood Award and the Israel Medal of Freedom, both 
received in 1968, and the South Peninsula Jewish Community Center 
Community Service Award in 1980.
  Mr. Speaker, it has been written, ``blessed be the peacemakers: for 
they shall be called the children of God.'' The 14th Congressional 
District of California and our Nation have been bettered because of 
this extraordinary man. I ask my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating him on receiving a Lifetimes of Achievement Award.

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