[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 91 (Tuesday, July 9, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1215]
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                   TRIBUTE TO RABBI HERBERT JAY MANDL

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                           HON. DENNIS MOORE

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 9, 2002

  Mr. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Rabbi Herbert 
Jay Mandl, who will be honored by Kehilath Israel Synagogue of Overland 
Park, Kansas, at a dinner on Sunday, August 25, 2002.
  Rabbi Mandl, who has been Senior Rabbi at the synagogue for 25 years, 
is a graduate of Baltimore City College and Johns Hopkins University. 
He was ordained and graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary of 
America in June 1969, and later received his orthodox ``Smicha'' 
ordination. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Montreal, and 
his Doctor of Divinity degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary of 
America.
  Rabbi Mandl serves on the Kansas City, Missouri, Board of Police 
Commissioners as Jewish Chaplain for the city police force. He was 
recently appointed the first Jewish Chaplain for the Overland Park 
Police Department. He has served as a commissioner of the Kansas 
Commission on Governmental Standards and Conduct. Since the autumn of 
1989, he has been an adjunct lecturer in Judaica at Rockhurst 
University. Rabbi Mandl was the first chairman of the Missouri Health 
Facilities Review Commission from 1990-1996.
  Of his innumerable accomplishments in the Kansas City Jewish 
community, Rabbi Mandl is particularly proud of his efforts which 
brought new Kosher facilities and wider availability of Kosher foods to 
the Kansas City area. Rabbi Mandl brought many innovations with him to 
the Kehilath Israel Synagogue, especially the all-night Shavuot study 
program, which continues to draw adults and youth from all over the 
community.
  He and his wife, Barbara, a teacher at Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy and 
the Kehilath Israel Religious School, are the parents of Aron [who is 
married to Chaia], an attorney in Florida; Seth, a market researcher in 
New York; Debbie, who has just started working on her Master's of 
Public Administration degree at the Columbia University Biosphere in 
Arizona; and Miriam, who will be a senior at the Hyman Brand Hebrew 
Academy in the fall. They are the proud parents of Samuel and Benjamin.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I honor such an exceptional 
individual. I ask all my colleagues in the House of Representatives to 
join me now in commending Rabbi Herbert Jay Mandl.

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