[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17036]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION KRISTALLNACHT EVENT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Florida (Ms. Ros-Lehtinen) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, this Monday, November 9, marks the 
77th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass.
  The Greater Miami Jewish Federation will be commemorating this tragic 
and horrible event with a community rally on Sunday, November 15, at 4 
p.m., at the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach.
  Kristallnacht marked the beginning of one of humanity's darkest 
periods: the Holocaust. It serves as a solemn reminder of what can 
happen when people allow anti-Semitism, incitement to violence, and 
hatred to carry on unabated.

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  What happened on Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass? 267 
synagogues were destroyed. 7,500 Jewish-opened businesses were looted 
and were vandalized. Up to 30,000 Jews were arrested. Almost 100 Jews 
were killed, not to mention the untold number of violent attacks that 
took place that night.
  And the brutality and inhumanity only got worse from there, as Nazis 
would go on to murder 6 million Jews over the next few years because 
they were members of the Jewish faith.
  I plan on joining the Greater Miami Jewish Federation on Sunday, 
November 15, to stand united with our community to vow never again.


  Honoring the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of Kendall and 
                              Coral Gables

  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to honor the 
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of Kendall and Coral Gables for 
supporting individuals who are suffering from these diseases in South 
Florida.
  The stigma that surrounds depression and bipolar disorder is not only 
unfair, but it discourages people from seeking the help that they so 
desperately need.
  In the United States alone, depression impacts 21 million adults. It 
costs $23 billion in lost work productivity. Depression impacts our 
families, our coworkers, our neighbors, our friends.
  The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of Kendall and Coral 
Gables is a unique, peer-directed organization that pairs those 
afflicted with depression with role models who have been down that road 
before to help them regain stability and focus.
  I want to thank everyone involved with the Depression and Bipolar 
Support Alliance of Kendall and Coral Gables for being valuable members 
of our community and for the important and inspiring work that each 
staff member and professional does.

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