[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 12566-12567]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



        VIRGINIA BEACH PROCLAMATION OF RABBI ISRAEL ZOBERMAN DAY

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                          HON. OWEN B. PICKETT

                               of virgnia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 10, 1999

  Mr. PICKETT. Mr. Speaker, the City of Virginia Beach recently issued 
the following proclamation honoring Rabbi Israel Zoberman, the founding 
Rabbi of Beth Chaverim, the Reform Jewish Congregation of Virginia 
Beach:


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       Whereas Rabbi Zoberman was honored at a special reception 
     on April 23, 1999 at Beth Chaverim; and
       Whereas Rabbi Zoberman is the founding Rabbi of Beth 
     Chaverim, the Reform Jewish Congregation of Virginia Beach; 
     and
       Whereas Rabbi Zoberman has been in the ministry for twenty-
     five years and was awarded the honorary doctor of divinity 
     degree from his alma mater, the Hebrew Union College--Jewish 
     Institute of Religion, Cincinnati Campus; and
       Whereas Rabbi Zoberman is the first rabbi to serve as 
     chairman of the Community Relations Council of the United 
     Jewish Federation of Tidewater. He is a contributing editor 
     to the Jewish Spectator. He is also the past president of the 
     Hampton Roads Board of Rabbis and Virginia Beach Clergy 
     Association; and
       Whereas Beth Chaverim was the only Jewish congregation in 
     the world to meet regularly in a Catholic Church; the Church 
     of the Ascension in Virginia Beach and a close bond was 
     established between the two organizations; and
       Whereas Rabbi Zoberman has been a force for good as his 
     ministry has touched not only the citizens of Hampton Roads, 
     but many others throughout the world;
       Now, Therefore, I, Meyera E. Oberndorf, Mayor of the City 
     of Virginia Beach, Virginia, do hereby proclaim April 23, 
     1999 Rabbi Israel Zoberman Day in Virginia Beach, and call 
     upon all citizens to recognize his many contributions to the 
     city.
       In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused 
     the Official Seal of the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, to 
     be affixed this Twenty-third day of April, Nineteen Hundred 
     and Ninety-Nine. Meyera E. Oberndorf

     

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