RECOGNIZING REMARKS OF RABBI DR. ISRAEL ZOBERMAN

On 2026-02-02, Representative Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2) delivered a floor speech titled "RECOGNIZING REMARKS OF RABBI DR. ISRAEL ZOBERMAN" in the House. The speech addressed immigration and also covered gun policy, taxes.

RECOGNIZING REMARKS OF RABBI DR. ISRAEL ZOBERMAN

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Pages E90-E91] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] RECOGNIZING REMARKS OF RABBI DR. ISRAEL ZOBERMAN _____ HON. JENNIFER A. KIGGANS of virginia in the house of representatives Monday, February 2, 2026 Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record remarks submitted at the request of a Virginia Beach constituent, Rabbi Dr. Israel Zoberman of Temple Lev Tikvah, and are a reflection of his views: I found refuge every morning hiding Under my grandpa's inviting, embracing Tallit Of black and white woven of the tapestry Of a survivor's spared life, A wondrous cloth, never abandoned nor lost, He managed to safeguard on the run Twice from Poland, in Siberian exile and Kazakhstan, Stained by flowing tears, The beauty marks of refugees, An added layer of essential warmth Which sustained a ravaged body and tested soul, Wrapping me, his other saved possession, In a magical garb whose sacred fringes I playfully unraveled, Ever since attempting together tie what Torn away is forever gone. The youngest member at the Shoah (Holocaust) survivors' Minyan (quorum) in Germany's Wetzlar Displaced Persons Camp, I hear louder and louder in the dark With elapsed some eighty years, The adults' heartfelt davening (praying) with painful groaning [[Page E91]] Of weighing memories while searching for the light, Gratefully feeling still the loving hands faithfully Placed on my curly head by proud Grandpa Zvi, Son of martyred Rabbi Yaacov and Dena of Zamosc, With radiant grandma Rachel smilingly approving, Reassuring their first grandchild, A refugee like Father Abraham and Mother Sara, Whose birth was surely a divine sign of a threatened Covenant renewed, to protect me always with a Tallit Of reaffirmed life even if God's blessing would not. Rabbi Dr. Israel Zoberman is the founder and spiritual leader of Temple Lev Tikvah as well as Honorary Senior Rabbi Scholar at Eastern Shore Chapel, both in Virginia Beach. ____________________