[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8659]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               IN HONOR OF THE UJA FEDERATION OF BAYONNE

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 4, 2005

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the UJA Federation 
of Bayonne for its outstanding service to the Jewish community. The UJA 
Federation hosted its Holocaust memorial program on May 3, 2005, in New 
Jersey.
  As an umbrella organization for Jewish residents, the UJA Federation 
strives to support and sustain the local Jewish community. Apart from 
development, it focuses on issues related to the Holocaust and the 
remembrance of that tragic event.
  The UJA Federation of Bayonne will soon be hosting its Holocaust 
Remembrance Day Observance. The keynote speaker will be Edward Mosberg, 
a survivor of the Krakow Ghetto and the Plaszow and Mauthausen 
concentration camps, who will share his experience of living in Poland 
during World War II. The observance will also include readings by 
children from local Jewish schools and a candle lighting ceremony by 
local Holocaust survivors. The day will serve as an opportunity to 
reflect on this dark hour of world history, in the hope that we may 
gain wisdom for the future by remembering the past.
  Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the UJA Federation 
of Bayonne for its support and outreach to the residents of New Jersey 
and its worthwhile efforts to honor the memory of those who perished in 
the Holocaust.

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