February 3, 2000
RABBI MOSHE E. BOMZER OF
CONGREGATION BETH ABRAHAM JACOB OF ALBANY
TO BE HONORED FOR CONTRIBUTION TO JEWISH LIFE
Rabbi Moshe E. Bomzer of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob, in Albany,
will be honored at the Orthodox Union's (OU) Rabbinic
Centennial Medallion Awards Dinner on
Tuesday, February 29, 2000, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in
New York.
The OU will honor Rabbi Bomzer as well as 11 other outstanding
rabbis and their congregations who have made unique contributions to Orthodox Jewish life
in America. Rabbi Yosef Grunblatt, spiritual leader of the Queens Jewish Center in Forest
Hills, NY - who will also be honored at the dinner - will be the keynote speaker.
"Rabbi Bomzer is an impressive community and spiritual leader
who has made an enormous contribution to Jewish life, " said Mandell I. Ganchrow,
M.D., President of the OU.
Rabbi Bomzer is a leader in the Jewish community of the state's
capital region. His other professional roles include serving as Rav HaMachshir
(supervising rabbi) of the Vaad Hakashruth Kashruth Bureau), as a mashgiach for area OU
certified companies, and as Jewish Chaplain for St. Peter's Hospital, the Albany
Correctional Facility and the Teresian House Facility for the Aged. He also teaches at the
Maimonides day, junior high and high schools.
National Vice President of the Rabbinical Council of America, Rabbi Bomzer also serves on the
Governor's Kashruth Advisory Board, as Chairman of the Chaplaincy Committee for the
Capital District Board of Rabbis, Co-Chair of the Jewish Student Services of the United
Jewish Federation, Executive Member of the United Jewish Federation of Northeast New York,
Co-Chair of the Ethics Committee for the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Home and Rabbinic
Co-Chair of NCSY's Har Sinai region.
Rabbi Bomzer received his semicha (rabbinic ordination) from Yeshiva
University. He earned a masters degree in Jewish Philosophy from Yeshiva University's
Bernard Revel Graduate School and a master of social work degree from Barry University in
Florida.
"We cannot overemphasize the importance of rabbis, synagogues
and communal institutions working in concert 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."
The honorees include: Rabbi Yosef Adler (Congregation Rinat Yisroel,
Teaneck); Rabbi Reuven Bulka (Congregation Machzikei Hadas, Ottawa); Rabbi Mark Dratch
(Agudath Sholom, Stamford); Rabbi Joseph Grunblatt (Queens Jewish Center, Forest Hills);
Rabbi Dr. Basil F. Herring (Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach); Rabbi Shaya Kilimnick (Beth
Sholom, Rochester); Rabbi Zvulun (Sidney) Lieberman (Beth Torah Congregation, Brooklyn);
Rabbi Yisroel Miller (Poale Zedeck Congregation, Pittsburgh); Rabbi Adam Mintz (Lincoln
Square Synagogue, New York); Rabbi Arthur Schneier (Park East Synagogue, New York); and
Rabbi Harvey Well (Or Torah Congregation, Skokie).
For dinner reservations, please contact Steven Karp at (212)
613-8134.
The Orthodox Union, now in its second century of service to the
Jewish community of America and beyond, is the world 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 220,000 products in 62 countries
around the globe.
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