[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 57 (Tuesday, May 1, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICE OF RABBI MARVIN BASH

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                          HON. JAMES P. MORAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 1, 2001

  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on the occasion of 
the retirement of Rabbi Marvin Bash to extend my sincere thanks to him 
for his service to the Eighth District of Virginia. For more than 
thirty-five years, Rabbi Bash devoted himself to the Arlington-Fairfax 
Jewish Congregation as Arlington's only congregational rabbi, making 
him the longest serving active congregational rabbi in the Metropolitan 
Washington area. As a community leader and activist, he led his 
community in a fight for civil rights, support for Israel, Jewish 
education, and tolerance. He taught our children, cared for our sick 
and elderly, and served as an example of moral leadership to all of us. 
I am honored to be a part of this celebration of his service. I send 
Rabbi Bash warm wishes for a blessed retirement and hope that his time 
as Rabbi Emeritus will be filled with the return of the love and 
support he has given his community.

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