[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 79 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E643-E644]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING RABBI DAVID SCHUCK

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 15, 2018

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a spiritual leader 
in the New Rochelle community, Rabbi David Schuck. Rabbi Schuck has 
served the community with great distinction and remarkable integrity, 
and as such is being honored at the Hope Community Services Inc. Annual 
Gala, celebrating the organization's 34 year anniversary.
  Rabbi Schuck grew up in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, and has a Bachelor of 
Arts in Political Science and Middle East History from Rutgers 
University. Rabbi Schuck was ordained by the

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Jewish Theological Seminary in 2004 where he was awarded the Lillian M. 
Lowenfeld Prize in Practical Theology and the Israel H. Levinthal Prize 
in Homiletics.
  Rabbi Schuck grew up in the Conservative Movement as an active USYer 
and spent many years as a counselor, group leader, and yoetz for USY 
Israel Pilgrimage and USY on Wheels. Rabbi Schuck lived in Israel for a 
few years, and was a participant and a counselor for United Synagogue's 
Nativ program. He spent two summers as the Scholar in Residence at Camp 
Ramah New England. After college, Rabbi Schuck lived in Kalwa, India, 
where he served as a Jewish Service Corps Educator.
  Rabbi Schuck was privileged to visit Russia on a rabbinic mission 
with the UJA Federation of NY, and participated in the Young Rabbis 
Delegation service-learning trip to Ghana with the American Jewish 
World Service. He served on the UJA Federation's Commission on Jewish 
Identity and Renewal for the Former Soviet Union, the Westchester 
Jewish Council, Pelham Guidance Council, the Westchester Inter-
Religious Clergy Network, and the Mount Vernon Soup Kitchen.
  Schuck joined the Beth El team in 2015 after serving as the spiritual 
leader of the Pelham Jewish Center for eleven years. He is an adjunct 
lecturer in the Professional and Pastoral Skills Department of the 
Rabbinical School at the Jewish Theological Seminary and a former 
faculty member in the rabbinical school of the Academy for Jewish 
Religion. Rabbi Schuck lives in New Rochelle with his wife Tali 
Aldouby-Schuck, their children Noam, Nadav, and Zeev, and their dog 
Obi.
  This year, Hope Community Services is honoring Rabbi Schuck 
celebrating his years as Rabbi. Congratulations to Rabbi Schuck on this 
great honor.

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