[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 6 (Thursday, January 11, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E81]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    IN HONOR OF MRS. PHYLLIS MILLER

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                          HON. JERROLD NADLER

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 11, 2007

  Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mrs. Phyllis 
Miller upon receiving the Zella Butler Bronfman Award, presented by the 
UJA-Federation's Task Force on People With Disabilities and the J.E. 
and Z.B. Butler Foundation.
  Throughout her 25-year career, Phyllis Miller has worked tirelessly 
on behalf of people with developmental disabilities. She taught Judaic 
studies and Hebrew language to both special and regular education 
elementary school students, beginning in 1973 at the Armed Forces 
Center for English as a Second Language in Fort Knox, Kentucky. She 
later taught at Temple Beth EI Hebrew School in Springfield, 
Massachusetts; Hillel Academy in Passaic, New Jersey; and Yeshiva of 
North Jersey in River Edge, New Jersey
  In 1997, Mrs. Miller took a position as a Family and Child Advocate 
at the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York, which she 
represents on the UJA Task Force on Disabilities. In this capacity, she 
assists people with special needs and their families in finding the 
programs and schools that best serve them. She also coordinates the 
Association of Jewish Special Educators and the Jewish Parent Advocate 
Coalition, through which she arranges in-service workshops for teachers 
and an annual Parent Empowerment Conference and Resource Fair for 
parents and social service providers. She also acts as the liaison to 
social service agencies and to families searching for special needs 
services.
  A graduate of Stern College at Yeshiva University with a degree in 
Psychology and Judaic Studies, Mrs. Miller has five wonderful children, 
one of whom is currently studying at the Hebrew University in 
Jerusalem. Phyllis and her husband, Michael, have done tremendous work 
in forging relationships within Jewish communities both here and in 
Israel.
  I am pleased to honor Mrs. Phyllis Miller for her many years of 
outstanding service, and to thank her for her extraordinary dedication 
to the developmentally disabled.

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