[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H6399-H6400]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE

  (Mr. LAZIO of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LAZIO of New York. Mr. Speaker, today the President will fulfill 
a congressional mandate to honor a lifetime of good words and good 
deeds by the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher 
Rebbe, by presenting a Congressional Gold Medal in his memory.
  I am honored this morning to speak about a very extraordinary 
American.
  Born in Russia in 1902, educated at Sorbonne University in Paris, 
Rabbi Schneerson emigrated to America and built a worldwide 
organization dedicated to goodness out of the ashes of the Holocaust.
  The Rebbe exemplified the meaning of Chabad--an acronym that stands 
for wisdom, understanding, and knowledge. The Chabad movement he led 
became the world's largest Jewish education and outreach organization, 
active in 42 countries and almost every State in our Union.
  We honor his memory today because the Rebbe's work on behalf of 
morality, education, and charity and his essential goodness made him a 
respected and 

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beloved religious leader around the world. The Rebbe's good work 
reached far beyond the Chassidic community he led so well from a small 
brownstone building in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.
  Awarding a Congressional Gold Medal in the Rebbe's memory is a 
fitting tribute to a great humanitarian whose work on behalf of all 
people will never be forgotten.

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