[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 55 (Wednesday, April 21, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E726-E727]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          TRIBUTE TO DOROTHY AND OZZIE GOREN AND THEIR FAMILY

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                         HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 21, 1999

  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to my good 
friends, Ozzie and Dorothy Goren, and their children, Jerry, Carol, and 
Bruce, who are all being honored this year by Jewish Family Service of 
Los Angeles. Every member of the Goren family gives tireless and 
selfless service to a wide variety of Jewish organizations and 
agencies. The Goren family is legendary for its generosity and 
commitment to human rights, civil rights and human relations.
  The Gorens have not only served their community in Los Angeles, they 
have extended their benevolent service to many institutions in Israel 
as well. Since their first visit in 1962, Ozzie and Dorothy have 
returned 62 times. Like few other visitors, the Gorens have left their 
mark on Israel. If you are in Mitze Ramon, you can visit the Dorothy 
and Ozzie Goren Day Care Center, which serves children from infancy to 
3 years old. Together with our mutual friends, Richard and Lois 
Gunther, the Gorens created a special park in Tel Aviv where Arab and 
Israeli children play together every day.
  The Gorens taught their children well and the entire family is 
involved in philanthropic activities. Jerry Goren, (the Goren's oldest 
son) and his partner Julia Coley, have implemented a law and public 
school magnate program at Dorsey High School in southwest Los Angeles. 
Daughter Carol, together with her husband Rob Corn, volunteers at the 
Board of Hertzel School, the Colorado Humane Society and the Jewish 
Family Service of Denver. Bruce, Dorothy and Ozzie's youngest son, met 
his future wife, Susie, during a leadership mission to Israel. Now a 
successful businessman, he is a past board member of Jewish Family 
Service of Santa Monica. Susie is active with the Stephen Wise Temple 
board, the Jewish Federal Council and is completing the Wexner Heritage 
Program.
  Among Dorothy's notable achievements is service as past president of 
Jewish Family Service, as a member of the Board of the Jewish Home for 
the Aging, and as the first woman to chair the overall United Jewish 
Fund Campaign.
  Ozzie has also chaired the United Jewish Fund Campaign and served as 
Jewish Federation President. His close work with the Southern 
California Human Relations Commission and the Urban League has 
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thousands of people, including those who received the 1,000 Christmas 
dinners he has provided annually to the poor for the past five decades.
  He is dedicated to the causes of civil rights and human rights. I saw 
his devotion first hand in our work together to initiate a program 
which used Israeli institutions to train South African leaders of the 
anti-apartheid movement.
  This listing is only a sample of the good works of the Gorens and so 
it is with enormous pride that I ask my colleagues to join me in 
saluting Dorothy and Ozzie Goren and their family, and in recognizing 
their extraordinary spirit of charity and compassion.

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