[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12351]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                IN CELEBRATION OF RABBI MARTIN S. WEINER

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I would like to take this 
opportunity to recognize Rabbi Martin S. Weiner, who is retiring after 
31 years of dedicated service to the community.
  Rabbi Weiner, a San Francisco native, was educated in the city's 
public schools. He received his bachelor of arts degree from the 
University of California at Berkeley and his rabbinical training at the 
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati.
  In 1964, Rabbi Weiner was ordained from the College-Institute, where 
he earned a master of arts in Hebrew Letters with honors.
  Rabbi Weiner came to Temple Sherith Israel in 1972, where he serves 
as the Senior Rabbi. Rabbi Weiner also is the immediate past president 
of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Reform movement's 
rabbinical union. In addition, Rabbi Weiner sits on the board of the 
Reform Pension Plan and the Bay Area Chapter of the American Jewish 
Committee.
  Among his many accomplishments, Rabbi Weiner has served as president 
of the Pacific Association of Reform Rabbis and as chair of the San 
Francisco Interfaith Council. He has also served as vice president, 
treasurer, and a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis 
Executive Board, in addition to the Jewish Community Federation, the 
National Commission on Reform Jewish Education, the San Francisco Human 
Rights Commission, and the Jewish Family & Children's Service. Rabbi 
Weiner also bravely offered his services during the aftermath of the 
September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center. He comforted 
those in need and aided several traumatized patients at New York City's 
Beth Israel Hospital.
  Rabbi Weiner's service to the Jewish community, both in San Francisco 
and nationwide, is truly inspiring. I am confident that, even in 
retirement, Rabbi Martin Weiner will continue to inspire people with 
his humanity and dedication.

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