[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2260]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING PAUL WARHIT

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 7, 2017

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, the strength of our Westchester community 
lies with those who are engaged and working to better it day by day. 
One of those engaged individuals is a constituent of mine, Paul Warhit, 
who has given his time and talent to a whole host of active civic 
groups in the region.
  Born in Yonkers, Paul is a loyal son of Westchester. He had his bar-
mitzvah at Mid-Chester Jewish Center and later graduated from 
Eastchester High School. He went on to attend Boston University and 
after completing college returned to New York to oversee the family 
business.
  Paul's active involvement in Jewish communal life began in 1996, when 
llissa joined Temple Israel of New Rochelle. Less than a decade later, 
he became the synagogue's president. He has also served as president of 
the Board of American Jewish History Society, the New Rochelle Public 
Library Foundation, in addition to treasurer of the Jewish Deaf (and 
Hard-of-Hearing) Resource Center.
  Thanks to his prolific involvement across a range of organizations, 
Paul's work caught the eye of the Westchester Jewish Council (WJC) who 
asked him to join their board. As is often the case with Paul, once 
he's on the board it's only a matter of time before he becomes the 
board's president, and Paul was elected to that post for WJC in 2013.
  When not serving his community, Paul enjoys spending his down time 
reading and traveling the country to visit different Major League 
Baseball parks. He also serves as an umpire for Westchester High School 
baseball leagues.
  This year, WJC is honoring Paul Warhit at the organization's 41st 
Anniversary Gala for all he has done to better our community. I want to 
congratulate Paul on this wonderful honor, and thank him for all the 
years of amazing service to Westchester.

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