[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 160 (Monday, October 24, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IN HONOR OF STEVEN ALTARESCU

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 24, 2011

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, the education of our children is one of our 
most important tasks, preparing them for adulthood. At the Riverdale 
Temple the staff has been enormously helped by Rabbinic Intern Steven 
Altarescu, who has taught 3rd through 5th grades as well as an adult 
education course on Relationship in the Torah--Love, Sex and Violence; 
Parents and Children, Husbands and Wives, Siblings, Lovers, Us and God. 
The course is so popular that the congregants look forward to him 
returning next year to teach it.
  He lives in Riverdale and is in his fourth year of rabbinical school 
at the Academy for Jewish Religion, a pluralistic seminary in 
Riverdale. He has also taught fourth, fifth and second grades at Temple 
Beth Shalom in neighboring Hastings-on-Hudson for thirteen years.
  He is married and the father of two grown daughters, three 
stepdaughters and one stepson.
  Steven brings a passion for Jewish spirituality, prayer and Torah 
study to our Temple and has contributed to a successful year in ways 
far beyond his actual responsibilities as our Rabbinic Intern. Steven 
has participated in worship services, preached, chanted Torah, and--
behind the scenes--been the most generous, gracious and always 
available member of our synagogue staff.
  The Riversdale Temple is grateful and proud to publicly acknowledge 
Steven's many, many contributions to the congregation, and to wish him 
every success in the rest of his rabbinic education, and in his future 
service to the Jewish community. I am proud to join the Riverdale 
Temple in this recognition and in the knowledge that his presence as a 
member of the rabbinate is a source of strength.

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