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Rabbi Barry Freundel of Washington, D.C.
To Be Honored For Unique Contribution to Jewish Life
February 4, 1998, New York, NY: Rabbi Barry
Freundel of Kesher Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C., 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 Freundel 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 Freundel is an impressive community and spiritual leader whose has made an
enormous contribution to Jewish life, " said Mandell I. Ganchrow, M.D., President of
the OU.
Kesher Israel Congregation is the only congregation of any Jewish denomination in downtown
Washington, D.C. Intellectual and religiously diverse, the congregation is comprised of
many prominent political and literary figures.
Rabbi Freundel is Adjunct Professor at the American
University. A prolific writer and much sought after lecturer, Rabbi Freundel addresses
topics ranging from environmentalism to Jewish medical ethics. Popular among collegiates,
Rabbi Freundel has served as a visiting scholar at Princeton, Yale and Cornell and
guest
lecturer at Columbia, University of Chicago and other universities. He received smicha
from RIETS and a MS in Talmudic Studies from the Bernard Revel Graduate School. He is a
Vice President of the Rabbinical Council of America and is a member of Yeshiva
University's
Rabbinic Alumni Association Executive Committee.
"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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