[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 23, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1334]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING RABBI MORLEY FEINSTEIN

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                           HON. BRAD SHERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 23, 2019

  Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a leader in the 
Jewish community, Rabbi Morley Feinstein.
   Ordained in 1981 at Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of 
Religion in Cincinnati, Rabbi Feinstein served as the assistant and 
first associate rabbi of Temple Beth-El in San Antonio, Texas. From 
1987 to 2002, he served as senior rabbi of Temple Beth-El in South 
Bend, Indiana. During his tenure there, Indiana's Governor recognized 
Rabbi Feinstein with the state's highest citizen honor, The Sagamore of 
the Wabash, for his efforts in promoting peace and justice.
   Rabbi Feinstein has devoted time for thirty-four summers teaching at 
the camps of the Union for Reform Judaism. In addition, he has served 
in leadership roles with the Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders, 
the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and the Board of Rabbis of 
Southern California.
   For the past 17 years, Rabbi Feinstein has served as senior rabbi at 
University Synagogue in Los Angeles, where he has shared his love for 
teaching Torah and helped to grow a vibrant Jewish community. He has 
also brought his passion for music to this sacred work.
   I have had the privilege of attending services officiated by Rabbi 
Feinstein and have seen firsthand the welcoming spiritual home he has 
fostered at University Synagogue.
   In his role as rabbi emeritus, Rabbi Feinstein will remain a 
treasured resource to our community. Rabbi Feinstein is loved by his 
wife Dr. Margarete Myers Feinstein, sons, Aaron and Ari, twin 
daughters, Eliana and Renata, and his two grandchildren.
   Madam Speaker, I wish to thank Rabbi Feinstein for his service to 
our community.

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