[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 43 (Monday, March 11, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E279]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    TRIBUTE TO RABBI JOHN L. ROSOVE

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 11, 2019

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Rabbi John L. 
Rosove, a man of great integrity and an outstanding leader in the 
greater Jewish community, who is retiring from his duties as Senior 
Rabbi of Temple Israel of Hollywood, a position he has held since 1988.
   Born and raised in Los Angeles, Rabbi Rosove earned a Bachelor's in 
Art History from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master's in 
Hebrew letters from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion 
in Los Angeles, Rabbinic Ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish 
Institute of Religion in New York, and a Doctor of Divinity from Hebrew 
Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles.
   Rabbi Rosove has worked tirelessly and selflessly to build a robust 
Jewish community in the greater Hollywood area, and to bring Jewish 
people closer together, viewing social justice work and ethical 
principles as core Jewish religious values. He oversaw the founding of 
the Temple's Day School and helped spearhead Big Sunday Weekend of 
Service in 1998, which today is a year-round organization where 50,000 
Good Samaritans in Los Angeles volunteer annually to help the community 
at over 2,000 events.
   Rabbi Rosove has admirably served in numerous leadership positions, 
including as national chairperson of the Association of Reform Zionists 
of America, where he represented more than 1.5 million American Reform 
Jews. He also served in leadership roles at the Jewish Agency for 
Israel, the World Zionist Organization, and the Conference of 
Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and from 2012 to 
2016, he was a national co-chair of the Executive Rabbinic Cabinet of J 
Street.
   For his work benefitting the Jewish Community, Rabbi Rosove has 
received the World Union for Progressive Judaism International 
Humanitarian Award and honored by J Street.
   Rabbi Rosove and his wife Barbara, have two sons, Daniel and David.
   I ask all Members of Congress to join me today in honoring Rabbi 
John L. Rosove for his decades of outstanding service to the Jewish 
community and his unwavering commitment to peace and justice.

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