[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 20, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    TRIBUTE TO RABBI JACOB FRIEDMAN

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 20, 2001

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, Temple Beth Torah of Ocean Township, New 
Jersey will be losing a leader, friend, and rabbi of over 36 years to 
retirement next weekend. Rabbi Jacob Friedman has been with Temple Beth 
Torah since its establishment and has seen his congregation expand to 
well over five hundred area families.
  Rabbi Jacob Friedman was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on January 
14, 1933. After graduating high school, he received his rabbinical 
education from the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School at Yeshiva University in 
New York City. After five years of service as Chaplain with the army 
and army reserves, Rabbi Friedman returned to his birth city to become 
the youth director and assistant rabbi at the Congregation Sons of 
Israel. Then, in 1965 he relocated to Ocean Township and has since 
served as rabbi of Temple Beth Torah.
  During his years in Ocean Township, Rabbi Friedman has been the 
President of the Shore Area Board of Rabbis, a member of the board of 
the Monmouth Jewish Federation, and Vice President and President of the 
American Association of Rabbis. As a member of the Jewish War Veterans, 
he worked his way from Post 125 Chaplain to New Jersey Department 
Chaplain to National Deputy Chaplain, and finally served as National 
Chaplain from 1985 to 1986. While never losing sight of the importance 
of Jewish youth, he served on the Youth Commission, International Youth 
Commission, and the International Kadime Commission at the United 
Synagogues of America from 1966 to 1981. Using education as his tool to 
reach out to young people, he was a founding member of the Solomon 
Shechter Academy of Monmouth and Ocean Counties and served as dean of 
the academy from 1971 to 1974.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Rabbi Jacob Friedman 
for his hard work and dedication to his community and congregation.

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