I was saddened to learn of the death earlier this month of Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum. a longtime leader of efforts to bring about ChristianJewish dialog. and for many years a board member of the International Rescue Committee. Although Rabbi Tanenbaum was best known for his pioneering work In strengthening relations between Christians and Jews. he will also be remembered for his devoted efforts to aid the worlds refugees. In the early 1980s Rabbi Tanenbaum served on the Citizens Commission on Indochinese Refugees organized by the IRC that made several trips to southeast Asia to visit camps for Vietnamese boat people and refugees from Cambodia. With other members of the Commission he participated in a march for survival to the Cambodian border in 1980. At the border Rabbi Tanenbaum led the group in the recitation of Kaddish. he Jewish prayer for the dead. for the millions of Cambodians who has died under the Khmer Rouge.
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