[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7581]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRATULATING RABBI DR. GERSHON C. GEWIRTZ AND DR. MINDY GEWIRTZ

 Mr. MARKEY. Madam President, I wish to express my warmest 
congratulations to both Rabbi Dr. Gershon C. Gewirtz and Dr. Mindy 
Gewirtz of Brookline, MA upon their departure. Rabbi Gewirtz has served 
as Young Israel of Brookline's dedicated Mara d'Asra for three decades, 
alongside his wife Mindy, and their children Yossi, Henoch, Sorah Leah, 
Adina and Doniel arrived in 1984. His wife, Dr. Mindy Gewirtz has also 
been a longtime passionate and dedicated community leader in her own 
right, contributing tireless decades of service.
  Rabbi Gewirtz leaves Young Israel of Brookline with an indelible 
legacy as one of the prime architects of Young Israel and as a local 
and national Jewish leader, in Brookline, the Greater Boston Jewish 
community, and the national Orthodox movement.
  Rabbi Gewirtz has led in times of great joy, incredible challenge, 
deep tragedy and monumental growth. Through it all, Rabbi Gewirtz has 
kept the Young Israel community together. He represented the Orthodox 
Jewish community locally and nationally with wisdom and integrity. Most 
importantly, he established personal relationships with his 
congregants, always serving their religious, spiritual, intellectual 
and halachic needs.
  I wish to express my boundless gratitude to Rabbi Gewirtz for his 
many years of devoted service to Young Israel of Brookline and to the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He has had a storied career, and I know 
the best is yet to come for him and his family.

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