[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1983]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    IN MEMORY OF BETH SHARON SAMUELS

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                         HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 28, 2009

  Mr. BERMAN. Madam Speaker, this month marks the second anniversary of 
the passing of Beth Sharon Samuels, an extraordinary Angelino who lost 
her life to cancer in January 2007 at the age of 31.
  Beth grew up in Los Angeles, attending the Yeshiva University High 
School of Los Angeles and graduating as valedictorian. She went on to 
study at a women's seminary in Israel before graduating from Columbia 
University with a degree in mathematics. She then completed a three-
year program at the Drisha Institute in Bible and Talmud, a Ph.D. in 
math at Yale, and earned an assistant professorship at the University 
of California, Berkeley. In the meantime, she gave birth to a daughter 
Danelle and later to daughter Natalia while undergoing intensive 
chemotherapy treatments.
  Beth remains with us, even with increasing distance from her passing. 
We remember her passion for learning and zealous commitment to charity, 
her open spirit and fierce dedication to women's Torah study. Beth's 
legacy will continue to grow through her students, friends, and, of 
course, her beautiful daughters.
  I give my condolences to her parents, Elana and Zachary, her husband, 
Ari, her daughters, Danelle and Natalia, and her extended friends and 
family on this solemn occasion.

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