[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18273]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING THE SERVICE OF JUDY GILBERT-GOULD AND HER WORK WITH THE 
                    GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION

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                        HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 9, 2008

  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to honor one of south 
Florida's great citizens, Judy Gilbert-Gould. She has spent most of her 
life working on behalf of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. She has 
spent a lifetime of service to the community. For the past 25 years, 
Judy has been advocating for equality and respect for Jews across the 
globe.
  Judy's desire to serve and lifelong commitment to helping those in 
need was spurred by her father, the late Stanley C. Myers, who founded 
the Greater Miami Jewish Federation in his backyard in 1939. Before 
joining the federation full-time, Judy worked as director of Victim-
Witness Services at the Florida State attorney's office, community 
services director for the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency, and as 
executive director of the American Jewish Congress.
  Judy's dedication not only led her to help those in her community, 
but she also became a voice for many around the world. She worked on 
behalf of Soviet Jews who were trying to escape the horrors of 
communism by fleeing to Israel. She worked closely with the Florida 
delegations in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate to 
encourage our Nation's strong partnership with Israel, as well as to 
denounce the genocide in Sudan and to care for Holocaust survivors.
  Judy has received awards from the national Council of Jewish Women, 
the city of Miami Beach, and from Jewish Community Services of South 
Florida, to name a few. I am proud to be her representative in 
Congress. Judy serves as an example for countless individuals 
throughout south Florida. I am sure she will continue on with her 
mission to empower those most vulnerable among us.

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