[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 16 (Friday, January 30, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING LUBA GLASSER

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 30, 2015

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, religion often has the power to inspire and 
motivate a person in truly remarkable ways that can shape entire 
communities. That has certainly been the case with Luba Glasser, a 
constituent of mine who has volunteered her time and energy for 
numerous Jewish organizations.
  Luba was born in Moscow and immigrated to the United States with her 
family at the age of four. She was enrolled in a Jewish Day School so 
that she would receive a Jewish education, something she could not have 
attained in the former Soviet Union, and began to gain a love and 
appreciation for Judaism.
  Luba's faith became the impetus for her volunteerism, which began in 
2005 with the Russian American Jewish Experience (RAJE). Luba spent all 
of her free evenings and weekends helping the RAJE with the 
organization of their Shabbat and holiday programs, social events, and 
student trips to Israel, all while successfully maintaining a day job 
as a Real Estate Tax Consultant for New York Water Management.
  In 2006, Luba joined RAJE as their full-time Fellowship Coordinator, 
where she was responsible for the student and young adult Jewish 
identity and community development programming. Over the next three 
years Luba staffed over 15 trips to Israel.
  Luba's devotion to the Jewish community led her to return to school, 
where she received her LMSW from Yeshiva University in 2011. She then 
began working with Holocaust survivors at the Jewish Community Council 
of Greater Coney Island and joined the Northeast Jewish Center (NEJC) 
community, which became her permanent home.
  Luba married Craig Glasser in 2012 and shortly thereafter became the 
proud mother of Aaron Dov. In spite of everything on her plate, Luba 
continues to open her home to the community for Shabbos dinners, cook 
for synagogue events, maintain the NEJC website, and teach classes. She 
is a beacon of light for the NEJC community and was incredibly 
deserving of being the organization's honoree in 2014.

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