[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
JEWS
Addresses
Blessed Is The March. . .: Richard C. Levin, E758 [5MY]
German Compensation for Holocaust Survivors: Benjamin Meed,
American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, S1366 [4MR]
Hate on the Internet: Jerry Turk, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith, E1070 [9JN]
Holocaust Remembrance: Benjamin A. Meed, E755 [5MY]
------ Benjamin Meed, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, H4303 [9JN]
------ Daniel C. Napolitano, H4305 [9JN]
------ Eliahu Ben-Elissar, H4304 [9JN], E753 [5MY]
------ Miles Lerman, H4304 [9JN], E759 [5MY]
------ Richard C. Levin, H4305 [9JN]
Israeli Independence Anniversary: President Clinton, H2364 [28AP]
------ Representative Gephardt, E997 [3JN]
------ Speaker Gingrich, E995-E997 [3JN], E1019 [4JN]
------ Vice President Gore, H2365 [28AP]
Lashon Ha-Ha--The Power of the Tongue--Rosh Hashana: Steven Carr
Reuben, E2112 [13OC]
Memorial Service for Yitzhak Rabin: Itzhak Levanon, S258 [2FE]
------ Yehuda Amichai, S257 [2FE]
Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg: Annette Lantos, E270 [3MR]
Amendments
Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on
certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War
II (S. 1379), S6716 [19JN], S6724 [19JN], S6725 [19JN]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish (S. 1900), S4129 [1MY], S4134 [1MY], S6127 [10JN]
Appointments
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.,
S7298 [26JN], H8465 [23SE], H10876 [14OC]
Articles and editorials
Borough Park Mourns Jewish Luminary, S5242 [20MY]
Castro Insults Jews With His Rhetoric, E1108 [11JN]
Diverse Group of Pioneers Built a Dream, E1037 [5JN]
Everything in History Was Against Them (excerpt), E602 [21AP], E620
[22AP], E644 [23AP], E648 [23AP], E650 [23AP]
Gifts for Israel, E688 [28AP]
Man From Salem Emerges as a Hero of the Holocaust--Hiram Bingham IV,
S671 [11FE]
Memories and Miracles, S10532 [17SE]
Mordechai Strigler, S5348 [21MY]
Rabbi Edgar Gluck--Personifying the Ideal of Service, E516 [30MR]
Rabbi Moshe Sherer, 76, Who Contributed to Rise of Orthodoxy's Right
Wing in U.S., S5242 [20MY]
Saving Memory--Rabbi's Response to the Vatican, S8416 [16JY]
U.S. To Push Peace Plan Israel Rejects--Split With Jerusalem Grows
on West Bank Withdrawal, S2702 [27MR]
Bills and resolutions
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to
honor victims of the Holocaust, (see H. Con. Res. 206), H100
[28JA]
Dept. of State: seek certain commitments from Poland, Hungary, and
the Czech Republic relative to the payment of insurance benefits
owed to victims of the Nazis during World War II, (see H. Res.
443), H3743 [21MY]
Eliach, Yaffa: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 4613),
H8527 [23SE]
Insurance: prohibit foreign insurance companies from doing business
in the U.S. unless they disclose any financial dealings they had
with individuals who survived or died in the Holocaust, (see
H.R. 3143), H240 [3FE]
Israel: independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
Machal (organization): tribute to international corps of volunteers
for efforts towards Israeli independence, (see H. Con. Res.
268), H2706 [30AP]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish, (see S. 1900), S2967 [1AP], (see H.R. 3662), H2053
[1AP]
Schindler, Oskar: issue commemorative postage stamp, (see S. Con.
Res. 96), S4906 [14MY]
Taxation: treatment of reparations received by Holocaust survivors,
(see H.R. 4563, S. 2549), S11450 [5OC], H7690 [14SE]
World War II: encourage identification of Holocaust-era assets and
restitution of individual and communal property, (see H. Res.
557), H9178 [28SE]
------ recovery of insurance issued for victims of the Holocaust,
(see H.R. 3121), H99 [28JA]
------ recovery of insurance issued for victims of the Holocaust,
(see H.R. 4826), H10832 [13OC]
Biographies
Dow, Melvin A., E508 [27MR]
Invocations
Memorial Service for Yitzhak Rabin: Bernard C. Law, S257 [2FE]
Letters
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe funding: Union of
Councils for Soviet Jews, E398 [17MR]
Food stamp eligibility for certain aliens: Diana Aviv, Council of
Jewish Federations, S4655 [12MY]
Freedom From Religious Persecution Act: Howard P. Berkowitz and
Abraham H. Foxman, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, H3270
[14MY]
Holocaust Victims Redress Act, H5 [27JA]
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act: several rabbis, S10491 [17SE]
Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg: Chelsea Swett, E271 [3MR]
Messages
National Emergency Relative to Terrorism Committed To Disrupt Middle
East Peace Process: President Clinton, S112 [28JA], H91 [28JA]
National Emergency Relative to Terrorist Disruption of the Middle
East Peace Process: President Clinton, S8656 [21JY], H6064
[21JY]
Motions
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish (H.R. 3662), H4273 [9JN]
Obituaries
Sherer, Moshe, S5028 [18MY]
Poems
``Barn That Became a House of Worship,'' Edward Brender, E1679 [9SE]
Press releases
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and the American Israel Friendship League
Join in Major New York City 50th Anniversary Celebration, S6505
[17JN]
Proclamations
Michael Todd Day: Charlotte County, FL, Board of County
Commissioners, S3371 [21AP]
Remarks in House
American Israel Public Affairs Committee: tribute to Texas
congressional delegation, E507 [27MR]
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: release of report on the
National Alliance (organization), E1970 [8OC]
Argentina: efforts to convict anti-semitic terrorists, E128 [11FE]
Bayonne, NJ: tribute to Holocaust Memorial Observance Program, E627
[22AP]
Bazel, Switzerland: adoption of comprehensive program of Holocaust
education in public schools, E166 [12FE]
Bethel, NY: anniversary of Temple Beth-El, E1678 [9SE]
Breiseth, Christopher: Wilkes-Barre, PA, B'Nai B'rith Annual
Community Service Award recipient, E366 [12MR]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to
honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 206), H920 [10MR],
E601 [21AP], E620 [22AP], E644 [23AP], E648 [23AP], E650 [23AP]
Colchester, CT: anniversary of Congregation Ahavath Achim, E1860
[1OC]
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: religious liberty
in Central Asia, E1963 [8OC]
Computers: use of the Internet to promote anti-Semitic propaganda,
E1070 [9JN]
Conlan, Tom: Jewish Community Relations Council of Cincinnati, OH,
Peace of the City Award recipient, E1041 [5JN]
Cuba: policy toward and treatment of Jews, E1108 [11JN]
Danziger, Harry: National Conference of Christians and Jews
Humanitarian Award recipient, E483 [26MR]
Epstein, Eleanor: Bergen County, NJ, United Jewish Appeal
(organization) honoree, E769 [6MY]
Fakhouri, Haifa: American Arab and Jewish Friends (organization)
Awards and Scholarship Dinner honoree, E863 [14MY]
Forest Hills, NY: anniversary of Congregation of Georgian Jews,
E1082 [10JN]
Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on
certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War
II (S. 1379), H7295 [6AU], H7296 [6AU]
Geft, Ivor L.: Jewish Healthcare Foundation Avraham Moshe Bikur
Cholim's Ahavas Chesed Award recipient, E2071 [11OC]
Greenbaum, Gary and Iris: Israel Builders of Freedom Award
recipients, E2052 [11OC]
Hear O'Israel International, Inc.: tribute to Listen to the Cries
of the Children National campaign, E540 [1AP]
Holocaust: remembrance, H4303 [9JN], E655 [23AP], E673 [27AP], E700
[29AP], E753 [5MY], E755 [5MY], E758 [5MY], E759 [5MY]
Israel: independence anniversary, H2695 [30AP], H3296 [14MY], H3633
[21MY], H4316-H4319 [9JN], E632 [22AP], E710 [29AP], E719
[30AP], E728 [30AP], E731 [30AP], E741 [1MY], E743 [1MY], E749
[4MY], E878 [18MY], E927 [20MY], E995-E997 [3JN], E1018 [4JN],
E1037 [5JN], E1419 [24JY]
------ independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), H2362-H2371 [28AP],
H2374 [28AP], H2380 [28AP], E688 [28AP], E709 [29AP], E823
[12MY]
------ investigation into Lebanese War MIA's, E1084 [10JN]
------ relocate U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, H1148 [12MR]
------ unrest in West Bank and Gaza, H1173 [17MR]
Jewish Herald-Voice (publication): anniversary, E495 [26MR]
Jewish National Fund (organization): tribute, E600 [21AP]
Jewish War Veterans: tribute to California chapter, E1877 [2OC]
Keefe, Nancy Q.: American Jewish Committee Distinguished Community
Relations Award recipient, E1119 [11JN]
Kempner, Jacqueline: Bergen County, NJ, United Jewish Appeal
(organization) honoree, E771 [6MY]
Levenberg, Bruce I.: Association of Jewish Professionals Leadership
in Education award recipient, E1213 [24JN]
Levine, Jack: Labor Zionist Alliance TZEDEK (Justice) Award
recipient, E2330 [12NO]
Lockhardt, H.T: National Conference of Christians and Jews
Humanitarian Award recipient, E483 [26MR]
Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of Stephen S. Wise Temple, E323 [9MR]
------ tribute to Jewish Federation honorees, E1290 [14JY]
------ University Synagogue anniversary, E368 [12MR]
Mark, Florine: American Arab and Jewish Friends (organization)
Awards and Scholarship Dinner honoree, E863 [14MY]
Meyers, Mort: David Posnack Jewish Community Center Humanitarian of
the Year award recipient, E2051 [11OC]
Motion pictures: tribute to ``The Long Way Home'' Best Documentary
Feature Academy Award recipient, E756 [5MY]
New York, NY: anniversary of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, E46
[28JA]
Newman, Phyllis: Congregation Emanu El of San Bernardino, CA, Rabbi
Norman F. Feldheym Award recipient, E682 [28AP]
North White Plains, NY: Westchester Jewish Community Services
dedication celebration, E820 [12MY]
Parsippany, NJ: dedication of statue honoring the memory of Raoul
Wallenberg, E1134 [16JN]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish (H.R. 3662), H4267-H4271 [9JN], E597 [21AP], E1157
[18JN]
----- establish (S. 1900), H4271 [9JN]
----- establish (S. 1900), insert language of H.R. 3662 in lieu,
H4273 [9JN]
Sharrard, Thomas E.: American Jewish Committee Institute for Human
Relations Award recipient, E2203 [15OC]
Smith, Corinne Roth: National Council of Jewish Women Hannah G.
Solomon Award recipient, E90 [4FE]
Steib, J. Terry: National Conference of Christians and Jews
Humanitarian Award recipient, E483 [26MR]
Survivors of the Shoal Visual History Foundation: tribute, E4
[28JA]
Syria: Jewish emigration policies, E1966 [8OC]
------ policy on Jewish emigration, E2094 [12OC]
Teerlink, Richard F.: State of Israel Bonds (organization) Israel
50th Anniversary Award recipient, E1214 [24JN]
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America: anniversary,
E891 [19MY]
Vasella, Daniel: American Jewish Congress Humanitarian Award
recipient, E2257 [20OC]
Walt Disney Co.: tribute to ``Miracle at Midnight'' television
movie, E919 [20MY]
Walters, Jane: National Conference of Christians and Jews
Humanitarian Award recipient, E483 [26MR]
World War II: encourage identification of Holocaust-era assets and
restitution of individual and communal property (H. Res. 557),
H10180-H10183 [8OC], E1841 [28SE], E1972 [8OC]
------ provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets seized
by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the
Holocaust, H7277 [5AU], H7279 [5AU], H7281 [5AU], H7284 [5AU]
provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets seized by
the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the Holocaust
(S. 1564), H2-H8 [27JA], E96 [4FE]
------ recovery of insurance issued for victims of the Holocaust
(H.R. 3121), H245 [4FE]
Zieve, Mary Lou Simons and Mort: American Jewish Committee
Institute of Human Relations Distinguished Community Service
Award recipients, E1286 [14JY]
Remarks in Senate
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to
honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 206), S2234 [18MR]
Fakhouri, Haifa: American Arab and Jewish Friends (organization)
Friends Community Service Award recipient, S3661 [27AP]
Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on
certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War
II (S. 1379), S6724-S6730 [19JN]
Germany: expand reparations criteria for Holocaust survivors, S1366
[4MR]
Holocaust: remembrance, S3554 [23AP], S3557 [23AP]
------ remembrance of Polish Jews, S11503 [5OC]
Israel: independence anniversary, S3730 [28AP], S3856 [30AP], S3917
[30AP], S3954-S3959 [30AP], S4371 [5MY], S4552 [7MY],
S4837-S4839 [13MY], S5351 [21MY], S6504 [17JN]
------ independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), S3798 [29AP], S3799
[29AP]
------ U.S. policy, S4837-S4839 [1AP], S4133-S4136 [1MY], S6127
[10JN]
Providence, RI: anniversary of Ruth and Max Alperian Schechter Day
School, S12026 [8OC]
Schindler, Oskar: issue commemorative postage stamp (S. Con. Res.
96), S4917 [14MY]
Stamford, CT: anniversary of United Jewish Federation of Stamford,
S4552 [7MY]
Taxation: treatment of reparations received by Holocaust survivors
(S. 2549), S11450 [5OC]
World War II: provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets
seized by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the
Holocaust (S. 1564), S63 [27JA]
Reports
Explosion of Hate--The Growing Danger of the National Alliance:
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, E1970-E1972 [8OC]
Reports filed
Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate)
(S. 1379), S1435 [5MR]
U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Act: Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1900), S3918 [30AP]
Resolutions by organizations
Tribute to Listen to the Cries of the Children National campaign by
Hear O'Israel International, Inc.: Houston, TX, City Council,
E540 [1AP]
Statements
Israeli Independence Anniversary: Israel Zoberman, E719 [30AP]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 206, use of Capitol rotunda for a ceremony to honor
victims of the Holocaust, H920 [10MR]
H. Res. 557, encourage identification of Holocaust-era assets and
restitution of individual and communal property, H10180 [8OC],
E1841 [28SE]
H.J. Res. 102, independence anniversary of Israel, H2362 [28AP],
E823 [12MY]
H.R. 3662, U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Act, H4267-H4269 [9JN]
S. 1379, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, S6725 [19JN], H7296 [6AU]
S. 1564, Holocaust Victims Redress Act, H7 [27JA]
S. 1900, U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Act, S2979 [1AP], S4133
[1MY], H4271-H4273 [9JN]
S. 2549, tax treatment of reparations received by Holocaust
survivors, S11451 [5OC]
S. Con. Res. 96, issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Oskar
Schindler, S4917 [14MY]