[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 38 (Friday, March 21, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E567]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO BRENDA AND ROY TANZMAN

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 21, 1997

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, April 10, 1997, the first 
annual Chaver Award will be presented by the Highland Park Conservative 
Temple of Highland Park, NJ, at its donor dinner dance to Brenda and 
Roy Tanzman of South Brunswick, NJ, for extraordinary community 
service.
  The Chaver Award was inspired by President Clinton's eulogy to Prime 
Minister Yitzhak Rabin--``Shalom, Chaver--Peace, Friend.'' The award 
will be given to those community leaders whose commitment involves an 
emotional and personal feeling for the value of continued giving of 
themselves for the greater good of all--in short, those who are true 
friends of the community.
  Mr. Speaker, it is a great honor and pleasure for me to join the 
Highland Park Conservative temple in paying tribute to Roy and Brenda 
Tanzman. The Tanzmans have been community leaders in many ways, having 
served on numerous civic and religious boards, given assistance to a 
wide range of projects, and led missions to Israel. They and their 
entire family have been excellent role models for the entire community. 
The list of organizations that they have led, supported, or been 
involved with is a long one.
  Roy Tanzman serves as first vice president of the Highland Park 
Temple. He is the president-elect of the Jewish Federation of Greater 
Middlesex County, chairman of AIPAC of Middlesex County and chairman of 
the Middlesex County Israel Bond Organization. Among other activities 
and associations, Mr. Tanzman has served with the National Conference 
of Christians and Jews, the New Brunswick Cultural Arts Committee, the 
Woodbridge Township School District, the South Brunswick Democratic 
Committee, and as a coach for youth soccer, basketball and baseball in 
South Brunswick. A partner with the law firm of Wilentz, Goldman and 
Spitzer, Mr. Tanzman serves on the Middlesex County Bar Association, 
the New Jersey Bar Association, the New York Bar Association and the 
Middlesex County Board of Realtors.
  Brenda Tanzman is a former board member of the Highland Park Temple, 
and has chaired many temple projects, including being dinner dance co-
chairwoman. She has served as chairperson of the children's holiday 
projects of the sisterhood of the temple. She is a former vice 
president and board member of National Council of Jewish Women. She is 
also a member of the Auxiliary of Central New Jersey Home of the Aged. 
A life member of Hadassah, she has been an active volunteer in the 
South Brunswick school system for the past 14 years, where she has 
served as cultural arts chairperson, and also worked on the Anne Frank 
exhibit.
  The Tanzmans reside in South Brunswick with their two children, Jill 
and Brett.
  The gala will be held at the Excelsior in Manalapan, NJ. I would also 
like to pay tribute to the chairperson for the event. Al and Lynn 
Rappaport, and Elliot and Jackie Brooks, and Ad Journal chairpersons 
Stuart Mitnick, Walter Rogers, Justin and Gittel Footerman and Bernie 
Sadof, for all their hard work in putting together what will be, I am 
sure, a tremendously successful event.

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