[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14937]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                 REFLECTIONS FROM RABBI ISRAEL ZOBERMAN

 Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, in light of recent events in Kosovo 
and the continuing struggles of the many still displaced families, I 
would like to offer an excerpt from a piece written by a very well-
respected spiritual leader from the Commonwealth of Virginia, Rabbi 
Israel Zoberman.
  He writes:

       We take pride in our American servicemen and women--many 
     from our own Hampton Roads--representing the world's sole 
     superpower, who leading the NATO alliance are braving the 
     dangers of war, determined to restore civilized life to all 
     of a continent poised to reverse its long history of conflict 
     and bloodshed through the promise of unity. The presence of 
     the State of Israel among the nations offering critical 
     humanitarian support to a sea of refugees displaying so much 
     dignity, and extending its home to some of them, is inspiring 
     testimony to its acting upon the Jewish people's vast legacy 
     of suffering.

  I thank Rabbi Zoberman for these somber yet hopeful words and am once 
again reminded that the tragedy of Kosovo touches the lives of many and 
in many different ways. Rabbi Zoberman was born to Polish Holocaust 
survivors and spent his early childhood in a Displaced Persons Camp in 
Frankfurt, Germany. Rabbi Zoberman, shalom and thank you.

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