New Yorkers of all faiths are proud that the world headquarters of Lubavitch is located in the Crown Heights section of New York Citys borough of Brooklyn where it was relocated in 1940 by the current Rebbes venerable predecessor and fatherinlaw. Rabbi Joseph Schneerson. Many Members of the Senate are familiar with the role that a Member of this body played in securing the release of Rabbi Joseph Schneerson from a Soviet prison and the emigration of his entire immediate family. including the current Rebbe. from Stalins Russia. The intervention of Senator William Borah of Idaho on behalf of this beleaguered Chassidic family stands as a noble example of courageous moral leadership. All of us in public life would do well to ponder Senator Borahs oftrepeated explanation as to his "motive" in leading an international campaign to save an apparently obscure religious leader in a faraway land. "I like to do things that get me votes in that next election in Idaho but every so often I do something that assures me of votes in that final election we will all have to stand for someday." I thought of Senator Borah less than a month ago when I visited Morocco in my capacity as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committees Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia.
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