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![]() Laszlo BerkowitsLaszlo Berkowits (February 29, 1928 – December 13, 2020) was a Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi. From 1944 to 1945, he was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. After his release in 1945, he studied briefly in Sweden before he moved to the United States, where he began studying to be a rabbi. He was ordained in 1963. In 1963, he was hired by Temple Rodef Shalom as its first senior rabbi. He held this title for 35 years, prior to his retirement in July, 1998. In 1988, he received his Doctor of Divinity from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He served as Rabbi Emeritus at Temple Rodef Shalom until his death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laszlo_Berkowits |
Contributed on: 26 Nov 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | United States Congressional Record | Laszlo Berkowits | ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 14 June 1988. . . .