[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 35 (Monday, March 27, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF BALTIMORE HEBREW UNIVERSITY

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                        HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 27, 2000

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Baltimore 
Hebrew University, a valuable educational institution in my district, 
on their 80th anniversary.
  Following World War I, in response to a community need for Jewish 
education and teacher training, Baltimore Hebrew University opened its 
doors as an institution of higher learning devoted solely to Jewish 
studies. Today, Baltimore Hebrew University has more graduate and 
credit students than any other Hebrew college in the nation. The 
University has the fourth largest Master of Arts program in Jewish 
Studies in the country with only Yeshiva University, Hebrew Union 
College and the Jewish Theological Seminary having larger programs.
  In addition to teaching Jewish Studies on their Baltimore City 
campus, Baltimore Hebrew University professors provide Jewish Studies 
curriculum in other Maryland colleges, including Groucher College, 
Towson University, and University of Maryland Baltimore County. Next 
year, BHU professors will begin a new program at John Hopkins 
University. In addition, Baltimore Hebrew University has begun to offer 
in conjunction with The Baltimore Jewish Times courses ``on line'' to 
provide educational opportunities to students in communities lacking 
Jewish Studies programs.
  Baltimore Hebrew University brings together Jews and non-Jews of all 
religious backgrounds, providing a diverse, open and community-
responsive environment in which students gain an understanding of 
Jewish literary and historical tradition. Baltimore Hebrew University 
graduates making contributions in many of my colleagues' communities 
include: Stephen Hoffman, president of the Jewish Community Federation 
of Cleveland: Brain Schreiber, Executive Director of the Jewish 
Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh; Lesley Weiss, Association 
Director of the Anti-Defamation League in Washington, D.C; Gail Naron 
Chalew, editor of the Journal of Jewish Community Service and Larry S. 
Moses, President of the Wexner Foundation, to name a few.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Dr. Robert O. 
Freedman, president of Baltimore Hebrew University, and the members of 
the Board of Trustees and the Baltimore Jewish community for their 
fortitude and foresight in establishing and maintaining Baltimore 
Hebrew University as a premier institution of higher education.

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