[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8079]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING RABBI HOWARD SHAPIRO ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT

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                             HON. RON KLEIN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 7, 2008

  Mr. KLEIN of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a leader 
in our community. A man of faith and a deep generosity of spirit, Rabbi 
Howard Shapiro has served his congregation at Temple Israel in Palm 
Beach County, Florida, with distinction for the last 27 years. His 
retirement in June will be bittersweet for all those who have come to 
know the rabbi.
  Rabbi Howard Shapiro has served our community for nearly 30 years and 
has also served our country as an Army chaplain in Vietnam. The rabbi 
is a family man, and often speaks proudly of his wife, Eileen, his son, 
David, and daughter, Rachel, and her husband Bobby Green. The Shapiros 
have five grandchildren--Tali, Jacob, Maya, Samantha and Cory.
  Since coming to South Florida, Rabbi Shapiro has been a steadfast 
leader, serving as president of the Palm Beach County Board of Rabbis 
and Urban Interfaith Council. He leads his congregation in regular good 
works, mitzvot, that include helping the elderly and the needy.
  Rabbi Shapiro is not only a leader in our Jewish community. He 
frequently organizes joint programming with Christian congregations and 
interfaith groups. The rabbi is a community builder in the Palm 
Beaches, bridging different institutions and forging links between 
people, traditions and congregations. He cares deeply for Jewish 
education and loves to teach and to learn.
  Rabbi Shapiro has been a blessing to the thousands of congregants he 
has served over the years. He will be sorely missed.

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