[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 72 (Wednesday, June 5, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E955-E956]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


HONORING BUNNY AND JERRY FRANKEL FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HOLLIS 
                          HILLS JEWISH CENTER

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                         HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 4, 2002

  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I want to ask the House to join me in 
recognizing Bunny and Jerry Frankel. Bunny and Jerry represent a true 
New York mixed marriage: She's from the Bronx, he's from Brooklyn and, 
for the sake of shalom bayit (peace in the home), they reside in 
Queens.
  For the past twenty-eight years they have given unstintingly of 
themselves to the Hollis Hills Jewish Center and the Jewish community 
in Queens. Currently, Bunny is serving her second term as 
Administrative Vice President of the Center. Previously, she served for 
fourteen years as the synagogue's executive director and during those 
years, thanks to her expertise and her tireless work, the Center has 
flourished.
  In addition to her extraordinary business sense and management 
skills, Bunny's insight, sensitivity and gracious personality made her 
especially effective in dealing with the many people needed to keep the 
Center operating: clergy, officers, trustees, committee chairpersons, 
professional staff, assorted machers and yentas, and synagogue members 
at large. Bunny always found ways to enable each of them make their own 
unique contribution to the synagogue.
  With Jerry's constant support, insight and encouragement, Bunny has 
been a calm, cool leader with a special gift for problem resolution. 
And all of these contributions have been made while they were raising 
three extremely active, bright children, their twin daughters, Sheryl 
and Wanda, and their son, Scott. All three have gone on to become 
leaders in their own respective professions of marketing, education, 
and computer technology.
  To note all of Bunny's incredible achievements for the Hollis Hills 
Jewish Center is impossible--the list is endless. But just to begin, it 
would have to include implementing superior budgetary controls; 
facilitating synagogue programs; organizing, tracking and managing all 
of the many fund raising activities, like the Dinner Dance, the Goods 
and Service Auction, the Bazaar and the Art Auction, among others; 
writing grants; administering personnel procedures and policies; 
negotiating vendor contracts; and supervising the office staff.
  Bunny has been responsible for administering every aspect of the 
Center. For the religious school, Bunny interviewed staff, helped plan 
and coordinate programs, such as consecration, graduation, Purim 
carnivals, religious science fairs, high school seminars, and out-of-
state trips for teens; and arranged for housing, transportation and 
touring. She coordinated all the committees, the nursery school, the 
summer camp, the junior congregation, the nursery parent rap groups, 
the college outreach, the adult education programs, the Holocaust Torah 
Scroll renewal, the Selichot service, the Sukkah-mobile, the lunch-and-
learn sessions, the blood drives, the Russian clothing and food drives, 
the singles program, the groundbreaking ceremony, the room rental 
requests, and the list goes on and on.

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  Bunny's track record of creativity and competence brought her to the 
attention of the National Association of Synagogue Administrators. At 
their national conferences, Bunny delivered papers and led seminars 
which earned her a national reputation for professional excellence.
  Following her employment in the synagogue, Bunny went on to work for 
State Senator Leonard Stavisky as head of his administrative staff. 
After two years of exciting work in government service, Bunny was 
invited to join the Solomon Schechter School of Queens as its executive 
director. In short order, Bunny revolutionized the administration and 
management of the flagship day school of the Conservative Movement.
  As a citizen Bunny has not neglected her civic responsibilities. She 
is an active member of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Association 
of Queens where she has served in numerous executive board committee 
positions, including two terms as president. Currently , she is 
chairperson of the board.
  Jerry is a longtime member of the executive board of the FDR 
Association where he has served as vice president of programming and is 
currently vice president of administration.
  Jerry's work in the community is beautifully represented by his 
service as a docent at the Ridder Museum in Roslyn, where some of his 
own masterworks in the art of miniaturization have been displayed to 
the general public.
  Jerry have given freely and fully of his time to the Center in his 
own capacity as a caring, committed Center member who has impacted 
powerfully on the good work of the Bikur Cholim Committee and other 
committees as well as serving as in-house videographer for countless 
Center programs.
  Mr. Speaker, Bunny and Jerry Frankel are a model American couple who 
have provided exemplary service to the Hollis Hills Jewish Center and 
the Jewish community in Queens. I know the whole House of 
Representatives joins me in thanking them for their years of dedication 
and commitment.

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