Mr. Speaker. I rise today to pay tribute to Rev. Frank E. Strassfeld. clergyman at the Hollis Hills Jewish Center in Hollis Hills. Queens County. NY. Reverend Strassfeld is being honored this weekend by a grateful congregation for over 40 years of service to the center. Born in Poland. and having lived in Germany until the age of 13. Frank Strassfeld emigrated to the United States In 1935. He was educated at the Yeshiva Torah Vdaat. and later served in the U.S. Armed Forces as a paratrooper in the 11th Airborne Division in the South Pacific. Reverend Strassfeld began work at the Hollis Hills Jewish Center In 1950.
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