January 10, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 6 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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                      WELCOMING RABBI BARRY BLOCK

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from 
Arkansas (Mr. Hill) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. HILL of Arkansas. Mr. Speaker, today I rise with my friend John 
Boozman, former Member of this House and now a Senator from Arkansas, 
to welcome today's guest chaplain, my dear friend, Rabbi Barry Block of 
Congregation B'nai Israel in Little Rock, Arkansas.
  Realizing his love for reformed Judaism at a young age, Rabbi Block 
earned his master of arts in Hebrew letters from Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion before being ordained 3 years following 
completion of his degree.
  Having devoted much of his life to the church, Rabbi Block found his 
way to Congregation B'nai Israel in my hometown of Little Rock, 
Arkansas, in 2013, after serving over 20 years at Temple Beth-El in San 
Antonio, Texas.
  He has served Reform Judaism nationally and regionally as a member of 
the Board of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and chair of its 
resolutions and nominating committees and as president of the Southwest 
Association of Reform Rabbis.
  He is the loving father of his two sons, Robert and Daniel.
  I want to thank Rabbi Block for his gracing us with a wonderful 
opening prayer and wish him, his family, and his congregation continued 
success in our community of Little Rock.

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