[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 140 (Thursday, September 20, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1945]
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                  TRIBUTE TO CONGREGATION OHEV SHOLOM

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                           HON. DENNIS MOORE

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 20, 2007

  Mr. MOORE of Kansas. Madam Speaker, Ohev Sholom is the oldest 
continuously operating Jewish House of Worship in the state of Kansas.
  Congregation Ohev Sholom was founded in 1877 and is currently a 
Member of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. The first 
building erected by Gomel Chesed Synagogue, at 925 State Line, was 
dedicated by Rabbi M. Gershonowitz on September 3, 1893. Congregation 
Ohev Sholom was the result of a merger between Gomel Chesed and 
Shearith Israel Synagogues. Congregation Ohev Sholom's first building 
was at 7th and Sandusky in Kansas City, Kansas and they moved into that 
building in 1925.
  Ohev Sholom began the transition from 7th and Sandusky, Wyandotte 
County, Kansas, to 75th and Nall, Johnson County, Kansas, in the 1950s. 
The current location was completed in two stages. The school building 
was finished in 1961, while the remaining structure was finished about 
a decade later.
  Congregation Ohev Sholom offers a schedule of programs that include 
Regular Daily Morning Services, Weekly Sabbath Services, an Active and 
Vibrant Sisterhood, a Robust Breakfast Club, Social Action Activities, 
and Programs for Adult Education, and Community Action including 
participation in building a Habitat for Humanity House. Congregation 
Ohev Sholom's Religious School is an exciting part of programming and 
spans kindergarten to tenth grade. Congregation Ohev Sholom also offers 
an Adult Education Program that includes Torah Study, lectures and 
minicourses, lunches, brunches, and speakers. Additionally, 
Congregation Ohev Sholom conceived and executed the metro Kansas City 
area's first KosherFest--A Celebration of Jewish Food--and will 
continue that tradition on June 1, 2008 and thereafter.
  Congregation Ohev Sholom will celebrate its 130th Anniversary, 
October 27, 2007. Madam Speaker, I know that you and the entire U.S. 
House of Representatives join with me in taking note of this special 
and important occasion.

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