[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 86 (Thursday, June 17, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1312-E1313]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                 REMEMBERING RABBI SENDER DEUTSCH, A'H

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                          HON. JERROLD NADLER

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 17, 1999

  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the memory of Rabbi Sender 
Deutsch, a'h, who served, for the past four decades, as the editor and 
publisher of the influential Yiddish Language newspaper Der Yid, and as 
Vice President of the Satmar community. Reb Sender Deutsch, as he was 
affectionately known, was a survivor of the Holocaust and was the right 
hand of the previous Grand Rebbe of Satmar, Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, 
z'tl, and the present Grand Rebbe, Rabbi Moses Teitelbaum, Shlita.
  Reb Sender, who was 76, and who passed away on September 2, 1998, was 
laid to rest in the community of Kiryas Yoel, in Monroe, N.Y. He is 
survived by his wife, three sons, three daughters, grandchildren and 
great grandchildren. He will be remembered as a compassionate man, a 
great scholar, and an orator of exceptional skill.
  As the Editor of Der Yid, Reb Sender was often considered the voice 
of the Satmar community, and an influential voice in the Chassidic 
community at large. He was the main speaker at almost all functions 
organized by the Satmar community worldwide, and on many occasions he 
traveled the world as an emissary of the Grand Rebbe and the community. 
He was the author of a three volume history in Yiddish of the Second 
World War and

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the tragic fate of world Jewry during that period. He also served as 
the vice president of the Satmar Jewish school system, United 
Talmudical Academy and Beth Rachel School with an enrollment of over 
18,000 students, the largest Jewish school system in the United States 
and worldwide.
  Mr. Speaker, my neighbors in Brooklyn join with the many thousands of 
people around the world whose lives were touched and benefitted by the 
life and work of Reb Sender Deutsch, in honoring his memory and his 
life of extraordinary accomplishment and dedication to learning. It is 
an example which I believe all Americans will find inspiring and 
beneficial.

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