Madam Speaker. I rise today in honor of Eleanor Gelfand as she and her family celebrate her 90th birthday. Eleanor Gelfand. the daughter of immigrants from Hungary. was born in Cleveland. Ohio. on May 2. 1918. She grew up along with her two siblings in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland during the great depression. Her parents. Zigmund and Mary Adler. worked as a union baker and a homemaker and were active in the Glenville community. Their activism and ability to work with fellow community members on social issues during a time of economic strife instilled a strong sense of social consciousness in their young children.
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