[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 141 (Tuesday, September 12, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1758]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                IN RECOGNITION OF MS. URSULA F. SHERMAN

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                         HON. RONALD V. DELLUMS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 12, 1995
  Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join the Berkeley-Richmond Jewish 
Community [JCC] to honor Ms. Ursula F. Sherman at the First Annual 
Cultural Arts Tribute held September 10, 1995.
  Ms. Sherman is a founder and founding board member of the Berkeley-
Richmond Jewish Community Center, which serves as one of California's 
most active centers of Jewish life. She is a past president and current 
active board member of the JCC. She has played a central role in 
promoting Jewish cultural activities at the center. Ms. Sherman is also 
co-founder of Berkeley-Oakland Support Service [BOSS] which provides 
shelter, transitional housing, job counseling, and other social 
services to thousands of the East Bay's homeless. She serves as a 
current board member of BOSS.
  Ms. Sherman also serves as president of the board of ``A Traveling 
Jewish Theater,'' a nationally renowned innovative theater company. She 
is a board member and former president of the Jewish Arts Community of 
the Bay [JACOB], an association of board members of the Jewish 
Federation of the Greater East Bay and is trustee of the Northern 
California American Jewish Congress. Previously, she served as a board 
member and chair of the Religious School Committee of Berkeley's 
Congregation Beth El.
  A Berkeley resident for many years, Ms. Sherman has devoted her life 
to improve and enrich the lives of everyone around her. Her commitment 
to community building and social justice is deeply impressive and 
worthy of commendation.


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