[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 111 (Thursday, August 2, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO RUTH HYMAN

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, August 1, 2001

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call the attention of 
Congress to an event on Thursday, August 16 in New Jersey. The Jewish 
Family and Children's Service of Greater Monmouth County is holding a 
dinner and tribute at Temple Beth El of Oakhurst to honor Ruth Hyman. 
Ruth will have the distinction of being honored for her work as a 
philanthropist and her support of Jewish causes in the area, as well as 
in Israel.
  Ruth, a close friend of mine, was born in my hometown of Long Branch, 
New Jersey into a family of four boys and four girls. She says that her 
parents' direction and teachings of tzedakah, menschlichkeit, and the 
Torah guided her to be the person that she is today.
  Ruth's teachings as a child can well be seen in her community 
involvement. She is a life member of Daughters of Miriam, charter and 
life member of the Central Jersey Jewish Home for the Aged, founder and 
past chairperson of the Federation Women's Business and Professional 
Division, benefactor and board member of the Jewish Community Center, 
and an active member of B'nai Brith, AMIT, and Congregation Brothers of 
Israel. For the past twenty-five years Ms. Hyman has been the 
Chairperson of the Women's Division of Israel Bonds, and for the past 
twenty-six years she has been the president of the Long Branch 
Hadassah.
  This is not the first time that Ruth has been honored for her service 
to the community. Ruth has received the Service Award from the Jewish 
Federation Women's Campaign, Woman of Valor of the Long Branch chapter 
of Hadassah, Israel Bonds Golda Meir Award and the Ben Gurion Award, 
Lay Leader of the Year by the Jewish Federation, and the Hadassah 
National Leadership Award. The community cannot express the debt that 
we owe to my friend Ruth who has shown us all that selflessness will 
never go unrecognized.
  I want to personally thank Ruth Hyman for being a leader of the 
Jewish community and an excellent role model for our youth.

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