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Executive Vice President of the
Rabbinical Council of America To Be Honored For Unique Contribution to Jewish Life
February 4, 1998, New York, NY: Rabbi Steven M. Dworken, the Executive Vice President of
the Rabbinical Council of America and the spiritual leader of Congregation Anshe
Chesed in Linden, NJ, will be honored at the Orthodox Union's (OU) Rabbinic Centennial
Medallion Awards Dinner on Wednesday, February 24, 1998, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 42nd
Street and Lexington Avenue in New York.
In celebration
of its Centennial, the OU will honor Rabbi Dworken as well as six other outstanding
rabbis and their congregations who have made unique contributions to Orthodox Jewish life
in America. Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, President of Touro College, who will also be
honored, will be the keynote speaker.
"Rabbi Dworken is an impressive community and spiritual leader whose has made an
enormous contribution to Jewish life, not only in Linden, but throughout the country,
" said Mandell I. Ganchrow, M.D.,
President of the OU.
Rabbi Dworken earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Andover-Newton Theological School in
Newton, M.A.
"As we celebrate our 100th year, we cannot overemphasize the importance of rabbis,
synagogues and communal institutions working in tandem to insure a thriving
Orthodoxy," said Rabbi Raphael B. Butler, Executive Vice President of the OU.
"The Orthodox Union acknowledges the synagogue as the focus of Jewish communal life.
Each community is built around a vibrant synagogue led by a dynamic rabbi. It is that
leadership that we are proud to honor," continued Rabbi Butler.
The honorees include: Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander (Touro College); Rabbi Steven Dworken
(Congregation Anshe Chesed, NJ); Rabbi Tzvi Flaum (Congregation Kneseth Israel, NY); Rabbi
Barry Freundel (Kesher Israel Congregation, Washington, D.C.); Rabbi Steven Pruzansky
(Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, NJ); Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth (Fifth Avenue Synagogue, NY); Rabbi
Dr. Moshe Tendler (Community Synagogue of Monsey, NY) and Rabbi Dr. Chaim Wakslak (Young
Israel of Long Beach, NY).
For dinner reservations, please contact Steven Karp at
(212) 613-8134.
The Orthodox Union, celebrating 100 years of
service to the Jewish community of the United States and other countries, is a foremost
leader in youth work, advocacy for the disabled, synagogue services, adult education and
political action. Its kosher supervision label, the
OU, is the world's most recognized kosher symbol and can be found on over 200,000 products
in 59 countries around the globe.
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