[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 15, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E598-E599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       IN HONOR OF HARLEY LIPPMAN

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 15, 2019

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise to 
recognize Harley Lippman, who is being recognized today as part of 
Jewish American Heritage Month. Harley has been a generous 
philanthropist and humanitarian who has been dedicated to uncovering 
mass graves of Jews murdered by the Nazis in Poland. His persistence 
and dedication have meant that the Nazis' victims will never be 
forgotten.
  Deeply concerned about the possibility that Jews murdered during the 
Holocaust would simply disappear from memory, Harley has made a unique 
contribution to the remembrance of the Jewish community that was 
destroyed by the Nazis. With singular purpose and dedication, Harley 
has searched for unknown gravesites and has paid for the restoration of 
historic Jewish graveyards.
  At my urging, Harley was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the 
Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad which is 
involved in restoring desecrated cemeteries in Eastern Europe. Created 
in 1993, the Commission is tasked with identifying and reporting on 
cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings in Eastern and Central 
Europe that are associated with the heritage of U.S. citizens, 
particularly endangered properties. Congress recognized that, as a 
nation of immigrants, the United States has an interest in preserving 
sites related to the heritage of Americans, particularly Jewish 
gravesites since the Holocaust wiped out the communities that would 
ordinarily have cared for them. It is a credit to him, his enthusiasm 
and dedication, that he was reappointed by both Republican and 
Democratic Administrations.
  Harley has been the sole funder of an effort to find mass graves in 
Poland--sites where Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis and then buried. 
So far, his team has found 52 sites. When he finds a site, he ensures 
that a memorial plaque is erected to honor the victims. He also 
arranges for a service with the Chief Rabbi of Poland, a Catholic 
priest and a Protestant minister and invites school children to help 
memorialize the dead. These ceremonies provide a meaningful opportunity 
to remind people of the Jews who perished, the tremendous loss in 
culture and humanity for Poland, the brutality of the Nazis and the 
success of the Jewish community that survived.
  Harley has been a leader of a host of organizations from the 
Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy, an 
organization founded by Eli Wiesel, which he currently serves as 
President, to the American-Israel Friendship League and American Jewish 
Congress.
  With great generosity and compassion, Harley has also helped orphans 
in Cambodia. He is the sole funder of an orphanage, enabling children 
to find stability, get an education and go on to college. It truly has 
been life-changing for many of these kids.

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  Harley Lippman created Genesis 10, a company that currently employs 
over 2,000 people across the country. Genesis 10 helps companies solve 
technology problems and find talent to address their needs. 
Unquestionably, Genesis 10 succeeds because it has a great leader at 
the helm. USA Today ranked Harley among the top 30 CEOs in America of 
all large companies including the Fortune 500.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating Harley 
Lippman for his extraordinary contributions to America and the Jewish 
community.

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