[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 78 (Thursday, May 27, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1126-E1127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING MIMI MOSKOWITZ FOR HER SERVICE TO THE BAYSIDE JEWISH CENTER

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                         HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 27, 1999

  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to note the accomplishments 
of Mimi Moskowitz, who will be honored by the Bayside Jewish Center, of 
Queens County, New York, at a testimonial dinner on Monday, June 7.
  Mimi is stepping down after two years as President of the Sisterhood 
of the Bayside

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Jewish Center, but she will continue to play an active role in the 
synagogue, as she has done for the past 22 years.
  Since moving to Bayside from the Bronx in 1977, Mimi Moskowitz has 
plowed her energy and her limitless talent into the fundraising efforts 
and entertainment programs of the Bayside Jewish Center. For many 
years, she co-chaired the synagogue's highly successful New Year's Eve 
Dinner Dances. These annual events were routinely sold out, and 
attracted party-goers throughout New York City and Long Island.
  In addition, Mimi served the Bayside Sisterhood as Program Vice 
President and Ways and Means Vice President, prior to her tenure as 
Sisterhood President. She has coordinated numerous Shabbat Dinners, 
Holiday Hootenannies, This is Your Life tributes, and Purim Parties; 
has helped edit the synagogue newsletter, the Voice; and has produced 
countless promotional flyers. The hours of service she has spent 
volunteering in the synagogue office are too numerous to count.
  Before arriving in Bayside, Mimi honed her talents in service to the 
B'nai B'rith of Co-op City, and the Sisterhood of the Castle Hill 
Jewish Community Center.
  However, Mimi Moskowitz is perhaps best known for her inventive song 
parodies and poems, which have been the hit of many an enjoyable 
evening at Jewish Centers in Queens and the Bronx for more than four 
decades. Who can forget such classics as Passover is Coming to Town, 
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Purim, I'm Dreaming of a Full Sukka, 
or her seminal work, the full-length production of South Passaic? 
Indeed, Mimi is believed to be the only person ever to use the phrase 
Bronx Press Review in a rhyming lyric!
  Mr. Speaker, Mimi's legions of friends will be flocking to the 
Bayside Jewish Center on June 7 to honor her for her tireless devotion, 
boundless energy and limitless service to her synagogue and her 
community. I ask all my colleagues in the House of Representatives to 
join me now in honoring Mimi Moskowitz, congratulating her on the 
occasion of her testimonial, and extending our best wishes to her for 
her future health and success.

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