[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5549]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   HONORING RABBI JACOB J. SCHACHTER

  (Mr. NADLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor this morning's guest 
chaplain, Rabbi Jacob J. Schachter of the Jewish Center in New York 
City whom I have known for almost 20 years.
  Rabbi Schachter has been the spiritual leader of the Jewish Center 
since 1981. Under his leadership the Jewish Center has tripled in its 
membership. Rabbi Schachter has brought enthusiasm for Jewish life to 
the synagogue and to the local community throughout his tenure.
  Rabbi Schachter received Rabbinic ordination from Mesvita Torah 
Vodaas and holds a Ph.D. in Near East languages from Harvard 
University. Among his many accomplishments, Rabbi Schachter is an 
accomplished author, having collaborated on ``A Modern Heretic and a 
Traditional Community, Orthodoxy, and Americana Judaism'' and is the 
founding editor of the Torah u-Madda Journal. He is also the founding 
president of the Council of Orthodox Jewish Organizations of Manhattan, 
is a much sought after speaker on interdenominational dialogue under 
the auspices of the Jewish Community Center and the 92nd Street Y, and 
is a member of the Board of Governors of the New York Board of Rabbis.
  Unfortunately, Rabbi Schachter will soon be leaving the Jewish Center 
to become the dean of the Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik Institute in 
Brookline, Massachusetts, where his daily insights, wisdom and 
leadership will be invaluable to the State of Massachusetts and to the 
Jewish community, especially in Massachusetts. I want to wish him well 
in his new endeavors and thank him for all that he has done for the 
Jewish Center, for the Jewish community, and for the entire community 
in New York over the last 20 years.

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