[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 157 (Wednesday, October 11, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1915-E1916]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO SHARON BERKOWITZ

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                          HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 11, 1995

  Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting 
Sharon Berkowitz, who will be honored at Shaare Zedek Medical Center's 
annual Women For * * * Save A Baby Luncheon on November 12, 1995.
  Sharon Berkowitz has made immeasurable contributions to charities 
here in Los Angeles and in Israel. In Los Angeles, she has taken a 
leadership role in a wide variety of organizations affiliated with the 
modern orthodox movement, including the PTA of Harkham Hillel Hebrew 
Academy, Hadassah, and the newly formed organization for the assistance 
of newly married couples in difficult financial straits.
  Sharon Berkowitz is best known for her long-standing work with the 
oldest medical facility in Israel, the eminently respected Shaare Zedek 
Medical Center. For years, Shaare Zedek has benefited from the many 
contributions of Sharon Berkowitz and her husband, Rabbi Jacob 
Berkowitz, Associate Rabbi of Beth Jacob Congregation of Beverly Hills.
  In her work with Shaare Zedek, Sharon Berkowitz has focused her 
efforts on the medical center's renowned neonatology department, which 
is recognized worldwide for its 

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pioneering treatment of low weight babies, babies with congenital birth 
defects, and babies from all over the region who require specialized 
treatment that is not readily available at other facilities.
  Shaare Zedek's program for ill newborns has built bridges between 
Israel and her Arab neighbors. Through this program, Muslims, 
Christians, and Jews have been able to transcend their differences in 
the interest of saving babies precariously on the border between life 
and death.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Sharon Berkowitz for 
all of her charitable work, and especially her work with Shaare Zedek's 
Neonatology Department. The survival of the children treated there is 
often dependent upon her efforts and those of other humanitarian 
supporters of the neonatology program. I wish her many years of good 
health and success in all of her future endeavors.

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