[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25937]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      WELCOMING RABBI JACOB LUSKI

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. 
Young) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, our guest chaplain today is 
Rabbi Jacob Luski of Congregation B'Nai Israel in St. Petersburg, 
Florida.
  Rabbi Luski is a longtime friend and constituent and one of our 
community's most respected religious leaders. He has served his 
congregation faithfully for 32 years and is an important leader in a 
number of community organizations, including serving as a Jewish 
chaplain ministering to our veterans for the last 20 years at the 
Veterans Medical Center at Bay Pines.
  Madam Speaker, Rabbi Luski is a 1971 graduate of Georgia Tech with a 
bachelor of science degree in industrial management. He went on to the 
Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City and was ordained there in 
1977, and he earned his doctorate of divinity degree there in 2003.
  Something very interesting about Rabbi Luski: He was born in Havana, 
Cuba, on November 2, 1949, which makes him, in just a couple of days, 
60 years old. But he left Cuba 50 years ago at the age of 10 and came 
to the United States with his family. Rabbi Luski has with him this 
morning his mother, his father, and his sister.
  Madam Speaker, it is an honor for me to welcome Rabbi Luski to the 
House this morning, along with his wife, Joanne, and one of his four 
children, Rachel.
  Thank you for your inspiring life story, Rabbi, and for your devotion 
to your synagogue and to the people of our community and for your 
friendship of many, many years.

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