[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 73 (Monday, June 13, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
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[Congressional Record: June 13, 1994]
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                     HONORING CANTOR LOUIS TEICHMAN

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                         HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 13, 1994

  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join with my constituents 
and the members of the Conservative Synagogue of Jamaica Estates [CSJE] 
in honoring Cantor Louis Teichman who after more than two decades of 
service to the CSJE and the communities of Jamaica, Jamaica Estates, 
Holliswood, and Hillcrest has decided to retire.
  As a truly self-effacing person, Louis Teichman began his career as a 
student cantor in pre-World War II Hungary. He came to the United 
States to continue his studies at the Cantorial College and graduated 
to serve as an assistant chaplain in the U.S. Army during World War II.
  Cantor Teichman began his first post as cantor serving the community 
of Silver Spring, MD. He later moved to New York City and assumed the 
post as cantor of the Jamaica Jewish Center, one of the largest 
synagogues in New York City. It is here where Louis Teichman took root 
and became recognized as a bulwark of the religious community of 
Jamaica, NY. His boundless energy and steadfast dedication led to the 
creation of a synagogue music program that served as the basis for 
educating and enlightening the congregation's members. It was through 
his efforts that the synagogue's religious school developed both a 
religious and secular approach expanding its children's religious 
experience.
  In 1974, with the merger of the Jamaica Jewish Center with the 
Hillside Hollis Hebrew Center, the Conservative Synagogue of Jamaica 
came into being with Louis Teichman as the unanimous choice to serve as 
the new congregation's cantor. For the past 20 years, Cantor Teichman 
has served the new synagogue with a dynamism and vitality that resulted 
in the creation of a choir, a musical education program and a religious 
training program that has educated and uplifted hundreds of boys and 
girls these past years.
  Mr. Speaker, the single adjective that always comes to mind in 
describing Cantor Louis Teichman is humility, a most rare and sought-
after attribute. It is, therefore, most compelling that I ask my 
colleagues to rise today in acclamation of this most unique individual.

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