[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 88 (Tuesday, July 11, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H5740]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          RABBI LINDA MOTZKIN

  (Mr. SWEENEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SWEENEY. Mr. Speaker, I have the distinct pleasure to welcome 
Rabbi Linda Motzkin of the temple Mount Sinai in Saratoga Springs, New 
York, as she offered today's opening prayer.
  Rabbi Motzkin was ordained by the Hebrew Union College Judiciary 
Institute of Religion in 1986. She has a BA in Hebrew Language from the 
University of California at Berkeley and an MA in Hebrew Letters from 
HUC-JIR.
  Prior to her arrival at Skidmore in 1986, she taught the Judaic 
Studies department at the University of Cincinnati.
  She is also coauthor of two Hebrew language textbooks, the First 
Hebrew Primer and Prayerbook Hebrew: The Easy Way.
  In addition to serving as Skidmore's Jewish chaplain, she is co-
rabbi, together with her husband, Rabbi Jonathan Rubenstein, of Temple 
Sinai of Saratoga Springs, a Reform Jewish congregation.
  Rabbi Motzkin has a close relationship with all three local Jewish 
congregations and works to foster connections between Skidmore students 
and the local Saratoga Springs community, as well as all of those who 
live in New York's 22nd Congressional District.
  Mr. Speaker, I am extremely pleased to have her here and welcome her 
participation today.

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