combat, rabbi frydman. >> thank you so much rabbi weiss. >> we were talking about the role of rabbis at large in the context of representing the northern california board of rabbis. one of the things that is interesting that people don't know about is the northern california board of rabbis is very much noted for its legality in part, because it doesn't necessarily take official stance on issues that might actually cause internal friction among the members. rather, we make a decision to be collegial and support each other in stances that we take out in the community whether it is an issue around same-sex marriage or issues around conversion or issues around civic issues. so i am wondering, can you talk a little bit in that context, about how it is that you as our current president for the board of rabbis does respond when something happens in the larger community, like sadly, a shooting or sadly, a political issue. how do you think, ours our president, about the ways in which the board of rabbis, as a body politic response to civic issues? >> i think that is a very important question

rabbi charlie: thank you. chairman durbin, ranking member grassley, i want to thank you for the opportunity to share some thoughts with you this morning. i'm sorry i'm not able to be with you in person today. i want to acknowledge my senators from texas, senator cornyn, senator cornyn that introduction was beautiful. thank you so much. and senator cruz. both who serve on this committee. both were quite gracious to my congregation and to me personally in the aftermath of our crisis. i'm pleased to have this opportunity to thank them for their support. i want to thank each of you for the unanimous vote in the senate condemning anti-semitism and the attack on my congregation. i believe and often teach that judaism is filled with contradictions because life is filled with contradictions. today i am filled with mixed and even contradictory emissions. on the one hand i'm horrified that in our society today religious leaders must devote themselves to security training. how to harden our facilities is both a necessary

i now recognize rabbi rabbi konikov to summarize his statements for five minutes. rabbi konikov: thank you for allowing me to participate in today's hearing. and thank you to our chair val demings for inviting me, and for all she does for our district and great country. my name is rabbi joseph konikov, senior rabbi at the chabad center for jewish life serving the south orlando community. that mission in which i engaged together with thousands of colleagues across all 50 states is to share the torah's message of love, unity and kindness. today people of all backgrounds come to find meaning, strength and encouragement. we are well known for our nonjudgmental approach and acceptability. this is been very exciting to me especially since my own grandfather tried to do the same in russia years ago but was persecuted for his practice of faith. communism did not allow him to practice his religion openly so he fled to these shores. and thankfully found the wonderful country, the land of the brave, where we can practice religion without fear or danger. sadly, new realities a

thank you for the opportunity. >> now recognize rabbi rabbi konikov: thank you, rabbi cytron-walker, for your testimony. i know recognize rabbi konikov to summarize his statement for five minutes. >> good morning. thank you for allowing me to participate in today's hearing. and thanks also to our own very dear house representative, chair val demings, for inviting me. and for all she does for our district and our great country. my name is rabbi yosef konikov. i'm a senior rabbi at the chabad center for jewish life, serving the south orlando community. 22 years ago i arrived here and two for the mission of the lubavitcher rebbe of the rabbi menachem schneerson he was actually honored by this congress with his highest civilian honor, the congressional gold medal in 1994. that mission, in which i engaged together with thousands of thousands of colleagues across all 50 states, is to share the tories message of love for others, unity, kindness, charity, and faith. and today at our center, people [inaudible] all backgrounds and walks of life to come to find strength, meaning and encourageme

rabbi, good to have you with us this morning.now you said that you're not sure that we really have a full understanding of what it is like on the ground there. i know you are still in touch with people in mariupol. can you give us a sense of what are you hearing and what are you hearing specifically today about what people are going through? >> -- on his legs two weeks ago. >> rabbi, we're having a hard time with your -- with your audio. it is breaking up. i don't know if maybe we can try to reset that. we'll take a quick break as we try to reset that. jim, i know you are hearing so many of these stories as well after a month there in ukraine. and have such a unique perspective on it. but it seems we can never hear enough. >> no question. so we're going to try to fix the audio problems. we'll take a break and be right back. for investors who can navigate this landscape, leveraging gold, a strategic and sustainable asset... the path is gilded with the potential for rich returns. [ kimberly ] before clearchoice, my dental health wa

full-time rabbi. over the last 16 years, he's built bridges within that community bringing together people with different viewpoints, backgrounds and religious beliefs to foster a strong sense of community. the january 15th of this year, a stranger knocked on the synagogues floor and rabbi charlie welcomed the man with open arms even making him a cup of tea. it soon became clear this wasn't a man in need of shelter but anti-semitic terrorist who held at the rabbi and a three >> it soon became clear this was an armed anti-semitic terrorist who held the rabbi and three other individuals at gunpoint. for 11 years, rabbi charlie talked with the gunman to keep him calm. when the moment was right, he acted to ensure his members could escape to safety. harkening back to security training, which i know he will discuss here today, he convinced the gunman to take a drink of water, which created enough separation of water between the gunman and his weapon, that he was able to throw a chair in the gunman's direct

my first question for the rabbi. earlier in the hearing, you provided a message to not just the jewish community but others who may feel targeted by hate crimes but as important as that is, we don't always necessarily hear from actual victims of incidents. what affect that hate crime has had on them emotionally, psychologically. they're loved ones, others in their network and their daily lives so rabbi, what unique message might you have for victims of hate crimes, maybe encouragement of what and how to share their stories and their experiences for others to learn from and to you shared a lot since that day to press. >> i would say mental health resources are vital. this is something we thought about. we know that mental health is huge issue. people need to be encouraged from law enforcement to the victims of crimes and the fact in this instance, we go back before when tree of life happened. when the shooting at tree of life took place, all of us were impacted. i think that so many more people were impacked in -- imp

the rabbi knows this. the leadership who is older said we are traumatized don't do that, don't bring white people in here, especially not white people with skinheads. i says, listen, america's promise, we all came here for a better life. and we have an obligation, a responsibility to this country. if i let you sit if your segregation because you are fearful, the next doctor will not happen. the next law enforcement will not happen. the next person who is about to go out and be the next congress person will not happen. and so i think we owed it to our debt in america to make sure that we get out of our -- we nourish the young -- the younger generation. so that was really my motivation. that continues to be my motivation. i speak in a lot of sikh temples all over the place. i let them know, i say, hey, you know what, at this point somebody let us know we weren't worth being in this country. >> i want to ask you another question. before i do, let me just say that madam chair, i do hope that you have another h

in 1947, perhaps deleting rabbi at that time, rabbi stephen, the labor committee quality of opportunity for juice, truly secure to a genuinely democratic society continued and we seek to fight every manifestation and promote this political equality of all groups and persons in america and support measures designed to safeguard civil liberties and a better america. we regard ethnic discrimination directed against any group is a single and indivisible problem as one of the most urgent problems in a democratic society. nothing threatens american society today and the fact of its incompleteness, democracy to speak secure must be complete. incomplete democracy is an insecure democracy. embers of the committee, i ask the congress is equally true, insecure democracy is incomplete democracy into many communities in our democracy today feels to cap. tragically we live in a world where houses of worship perfection, too many of all backgrounds are victims of hate crime and i believe both democrats and republicans want to change that reality. changing our reality at once is too much and that's why

rabbi rafael crew kof helped lead that daring escape. the rabbi joins us now.ficult decision at any moment, you had actually begun preparing perhaps a little earlier than some folks might have expected. what was the moment when you knew that it was time to get these children out to safety? >> good morning, erica. yes, i prepared months in advance. i didn't believe i would ever have to actually leave, but as soon as bomb landed and missed the airport about half a mile away from our girl's orphanage, i realized that was the time we had to leave. rabbi kruskal, your family, you're the son of a holocaust survivor. your family knows this history. i've felt many times since coming to ukraine, like i'm caught in a 1940s newsreel as i watch some of these events unfold, and i wonder, how do you feel to be in the year 2022 rescuing jewish children from an invading army. does it bring back those memories? are you amazed to see that kind of history repeated again here? >> you know, you hear the story, my father-in-law, his parents were killed in auschwitz, and you hear the

let me ask the rabbi to remember my dear friend and let me allow mr.luke to go forward and if you could incorporate your answer, you are valuable, all of you. thank you. you recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for putting this important hearing. i'd like to ask unanimous consent to enter two documents for the record, the first is congressional bipartisan hbcus carcass letter for attorney general garland, february 4, 2022. the second is american counsel educational letter congressional leaders regarding bomb threat barbara 14, 2022. >> without objection, so ordered. >> i'd like to read a statement for my friend and colleague, adams, a cochair of the congressional hbcus carcass. she says i pray for beloved hbcus this past week however, north carolina at&t state university is a former professor and founder and cochair of the congressional bipartisan hbcus carcass, i know hbcus can overcome any challenge. however, hbcus shouldn't have to face fines and terror of my generation experienced during segregation. terrorism and racism have no place on colle

but rabbi bu kaka is already out in the coldest jungle, the young environmental scientist to study in guerrillas in the forest. after one our track, he finally spots a group, is here to study their behavior, but always keeps a distance of at least 25 meters from the gorillas. to mostly believe it eloquent. i mean, the mask is to avoid any airborne contamination will be, well, it's important to protect the guerrillas from the pro enough virus. annabelle thing we know that when the disease migrates from humans to animals, you know, and then possibly back to humans. um, it gets re complicated, well, if you called it on the modem, that would have been, you can pick up the nolan congo is home to the western lowland guerilla thousands live here. in fact, there are more guerrillas here, per square kilometer than anywhere else in the world. but to what extent is covered 19 a threat. rabbi bach, aka and his fellow scientists say it's too early to tell. the team has been joined by magdalena, been a joke, one of the world's leading premier colleges alter a silver back guerrilla fell seriously il

put, rabbi blue cocker is already out in the koga least jungle. the young environmental scientists to study in guerrillas in the forest. after a one our track, he finally spots a group is here to study their behavior, but always keeps a distance of at least 25 meters from the guerrillas. to must be privy to like what i mean. the mask is to avoid any airborne contamination will be, it's important to protect the guerrillas from the pro enough virus. simple thing. we know that when the disease migrates from humans, the animals you know, and then possibly back to humans. let me get straight on a gated. now if you want your call to remodel on, i put it in your can pick up. the nolan congo is home to the western low land gorilla. thousands live here. in fact, there are more guerrillas here per square kilometer than anywhere else in the world . but what extent is cov 19 a threat? rabbi bach aka and his fellow scientists say it's too early to tell. the team has been joined by magdalena benito, one of the world's leading primatologist. alter a silver back

very well said, rabbi.hank you so much. great having you on. >> thank you so much for having me. and thanks for keeping on this burner. it's important the world hears an it. >> we'll keep doing it. >>> turning to our 2014 cnn hero. zane busby has been helping holocaust survivors for almost 15 years and now she's stepping up to do even more. >> many explosions in and around kyiv. the largest invasion since world war ii. >> it's terrible for the ukrainian people and absolutely horrendous for the holocaust survivors. a lot of these people are the last person in their family. the only one who survived. these people went through this once already and so for them, something like this triggers all this trauma. she's holding a picture of her family that was killed. in ukraine right now, we have just under 350 survivors who were helping. they're spread out across this vast country. they're very lonely. the early memories come back and haunt them at night. we have our translators and people on the dprground over th.

but they don't even respect the rabbis of the settlements who they are is a natural outgrowth of what we've created here. most of the other settlers and the police in the army, they all this own, they all reject the all criticize these hilltop youth. and it's very, in some ways comfortable for them to say, well, we're not them. but they may be who are becoming, ah, the, the the police never shadows him when they know when he was last or when i, when i think in their say i need to go and mail income and then things well by i'm going to shoot the same thing we look at as a sequence on them on a o . s a him going funny about it, but i'm with them. what's actual name was a call of a and then a as in a really and without, with people who support some of these terrible actions can go to the bible. they can go to the talmud. they can find support for their, their values as well. but what these people have done is they've elevated above any other value. the land of israel killing is not always forbidden, according to jewish tradition. murder is and how do you draw that line? but of course it

but as a rabbi, that's for i think our task is one of these people can be extremely violent. and of course the palestinians are alone. it's even worse. we don't recognize international law as applying in the occupied territories. so these people unprotected, they neither have the protection of being part of the democracy that makes the decisions here. nor do they have the protection of international law designed to protect unoccupied people. and they are therefore totally dependent on our beneficence on our goodwill, on our sense of morals. the very busy distance of the settlements is a violation of the individual and collective rights of some other collective the palestinian one. and therefore it is violent. the more stream you are, the more violent you are. we know that the more nationalistic extreme you, the more militia like you become, this is one, learn from the other level is the raise, a deep, not so hidden. quite overt philosophical trend within religious missy awnings zionism that promotes valez the he's heard, he's not in normal country where the only country in th

what do you say to rabbi bleich. >> first, i was listening.t an incredibly moving account and moving person and human being and leader at a very difficult time in the country right now. look, what i would say and what the president would say is we are going to continue to expedite the delivery of military assistance. we will continue to have the backs of the leaders of ukraine and the ukrainian people. we are standing with nato. we are standing to provide as much support as we can. what we are not going to do and what the president will not do and he promised the american people he will not do is send u.s. troops to fight in ukraine and start a war between the united states and russia. that would not be in our interest or global interest. we are going to continue to do everything we can short of that. security assistance, humanitarian assistance, economic assistance. and we are going to continue to rally the world on their behalf as we have been doing. >> is there coordination with the ukrainian military even to the targeting level? >> in term

she gave him him to my father to the rabbi over there, sir. and she turned around and shook out and she didn't kiss the kid to via is one of $105.00 jewish children who have been brought to germany from odessa. the jewish community in the ukrainian city include several holocaust survivors who now live in fear of russian atrocities a berlin rabbi agreed to help. and now in the war, our job changed. we now we're doing another stuff we're was teaching now. we saving lives. that's our job. it took them 2 days to reach berlin, and the 2 buses were given priority clearance to drive into romania, but where the community separated those and safety fear for the others who stayed behind. i a crazy yes. because i, my mother and father said from ukraine in odessa and an all time something happens there and, and i e reads and use, and the old him, i call them and they ask, what happens if all ok, many of the children lack proper documentation and were evacuated from a foster home in odessa, but with russian naval forces, mast of the coast of the black sea

she gave him the shem to my father to the rabbi, odessa, and she turned around and shook out, and she didn't give the kid to via is one of $105.00 jewish children who have been brought to germany from odessa. the jewish community in the ukrainian city include several holocaust survivors who now live in fear of russian atrocities a berlin rabbi agreed to help. and now in the war, our job changed. we now we're doing another stuff who was teaching now we saving lives. that's our job. it took them 2 days to reach berlin, and the 2 buses were given priority clearance to drive into romania, but where the community separated those them safety fear for the others who stayed behind. i afraid yes. the cause and my mother and father said for ukraine in odessa and an all time something happens there and, and i read the news and the old him, i call them and they ask, what happens if all okay. many of the children lack proper documentation and were evacuated from a foster home in odessa. but with russian naval forces massed on coast of the black sea city. the jewish community believes that they can

rabbi, please stay in touch. thank you very much for taking time to speak to us. >> thanks for having us. thank you. >>> still ahead right here on the show, russian state tv broadcast was disrupted by an antiwar protest. what we're learning about the woman who pulled it off and why she said she did it. that is next. ed. wait, what? adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria detergent alone, can't.. lactaid is 100% real milk, just without the lactose. so you can enjoy it even if you're sensitive to dairy. so anyone who says lactaid isn't real milk is also saying mabel here isn't a real cow. and she really hates that. wet dishes? residue? spots? it's not your dishwasher's fault. simply add finish jetdry 3in1 to rinse, dry and shine your dishes. solve 3 problems at once with finish jetdry 3in1. this is how you imagine your dishwasher. but it may not be as clean as you think. built up grease and limescale could be hiding in your pipes. try finish dishwasher cleaner its dual action formula hygienically cle

we shall set up a drop off site at a synagogue in my district, with the rabbi there.lly received a text this morning from a volunteer who said he's going to drop off pallets of food and medical supplies. today, we're also coordinating with congresswoman -- as we've been receiving multiple questions, emails, from folks about how to get people out of their. united states citizens, people a family there, people want to come and how to get a visa. people have a lot of questions. there's a lot of anxiety. they just don't know what to do. so, we've been trying to get -- the at the forefront of providing people with the right resources and information. we're also working with the red cross to make sure that the red cross can get to areas where they're not being served right now. i know that in certain refugee camps, they still can't get access to first aid and medical supplies. >> rabbi, talk a little bit more about what has inspired your community. there's a personal collection for a lot of folks. huge numbers of jews in your city alone, i think it's about 300, 000, come fr

in addition to the grant program, rabbi walker who was a hostage, has credited security workshops and training sessions by federal and local law enforcement and nonprofits for providing the knowledge that saved his life. unfortunately many religious communities don't know how to access these programs. that's why i introduced the bipartisan pray safe act. the grant application information, other assistance, all dedicated toward the goal of securing houses of worship against terrorism and violence. in the aftermath of this attack, it's more necessary than ever that congress quickly passes this legislation. we've held conferences in ohio where we bring in the fbi and homeland security and make people understand what's available to them. as we work to prevent violent incidents, we must acknowledge that religious communities and other targets of terrorism are threatened by actors with a variety of belief systems and motivations. there are concerning trends and threats posed by home grown and international terrorists. i look forward to your testimony and commitment for keeping america safe.

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i am deeply appreciative to the rabbi for the importance of training and spending time with the rabbith leaders outside where we joined the multi-faith neighbors network to talk about preparedness training and resources available not just from federal government but state and local partners as well. as part of our efforts in addition to promoting preparedness like active shooter training, the dhs center is looking to build partnerships with organizations like the anti-defamation league, multiply faith neighbors network and others because we know those faith-based organizations are best positioned to put it in a way that is more accessible to faith and community leaders. in addition to the federal perspective and support faith-based organizations. many trainings happening day today i led by local law enforcement, fire and county emergency manager is so in addition to working across federal programs through protective security advisors for places of worship, it would be encouraging and helpful addition to support local first responders doing day today work to provide practical informati

i also believe that partnerships similar to those mentioned by the rabbi are critical to building anosphere that ensures the safety and security for those gathering to practice their volition. mister coleman this question is for you. rabbi cytron-walker credit credits the training he received in helping him survive the hostage situation. currently can you comment on the infrastructure, the capacity, the resources that exist as ample enough to provide security training for all houses of worship or are there those who may be interested across the country go and if not how else can the federal government improve the accessibility and availability . >> thank you for the question senator and i appreciate the rabbi and and many other faith-based leaderships. i had the opportunity to spend time with the rabbi and other faith leaders last week in texas outside of d colleyville where we joined the multiphasic neighbors network to talk specifically about some of the preparedness training and resources available not just from the federal government but from state and local partners as well. as

that was due to the heroic acts of state and federal law enforcement and rabbi charlie walker who will join us today. a few weeks later a number of jewish owned businesses and synagogues home state of illinois were vandalized with anti-semitic graffiti including spray painting with swastikas. more than two dozen historically black colleges and universities have received bomb threats in the last two months. including as recently as last week. the threat of violence hangs over the head of thousands of students who were told to shelter in place instead of attending classes. these threats are being investigated as hate crimes and domestic terrorism by the fbi. on vibrate 23rd at texas men guilty to federal hate crime charges after brutally attacking asian family at sam's club where he stabbed a 6-year-old child and his father yelling get out of america. in two weeks ago three men were convicted of federal hate crimes charges in the murders of ahmaud are brie a black man they chased and killed when he jogged through a suburban neighborhood. the list goes on and on and on. this much is clear

>> thank you for that question i'm deeply appreciative to the rabbi and other faith leaders.unity to spend some time with the rabbi and other faith leaders last week we have joined them all the faith neighbors network to talk specifically about the preparedness training and resources available not just from the federal government that state and local partners as well. as part of our efforts in addition to promoting preparedness such as active shooter training, dhs is also looking forward to building partnerships directly with organizations like the anti- definition the one —- defamation league because those are best positioned to take a lot of the federal programs in language and put it in a way that's better for community leaders. to help build partners from the perspective to help support the faith-based organizations directly we also need to have continued investment for state and local counterparts as well. many trainings happening day today and communities are led by local law enforcement and fire and local county emergency managers to build the infrastructure working cl

the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, rabbi happenna spiro, washington, d.c. the chaplain: creator of all, at this time when jews around the world are preparing for purim, for a time of confronting hate and persecution with courage, pride, and a sense of humor, help us behind that laughter and that love for ourselves and one another, even when the world seems to be crashing down around us. when the world is upside-down, teach us how to cartwheel. audaciously adapting and returning rooted always back to who we truly are. may our bold open heartedness bring forth a world of peace, of righteousness, and of jubilation for our families, o for our communities, for our nation, and all who dwell on earth. we know that every soul deserves peace. we know that every soul deserves celebration. may we be your vessels to bring that time about quickly and in our day. let us say amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 11-a of house resolution 188, the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved. the chair will lead the house in the pledge of allegiance.

the four hottages, including the rabbi, battled their attacker. later they were able to escape anti-f.b.i. hostage rescue team secured the synagogue. america's -- americans as one rushed in support of congregation beth israel. christian, jews, muslim, hindus. americans of all faiths. and others prayed for the texas community. and for those victims this past january. our hearts go out to the families of this congregation that they had to endure such an unjust evil that this terrorist caused. thank god they escaped. today we support the community of colleyville, texas. today we support congregation beth israel. today we support the brave survivors of this heinous at attack. we applaud the bravery of congregation beth israel, the survivors, and our heroes in blue, texas law enforcement. as patriotic freedom loving americans we condemn the evil and the darkness of an anti-semitism. we will fight hate and bigotry and anti-semitism. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlewoman

he was a very prominent of rabbi leading a community that traced its origins to lithuania.ou can see, people gathered on the streets at every lookout, on those buildings. the roads have been closed. hundreds of thousands of israelis attending the funeral procession of the ultraorthodox rabbi. let's return to the situation in ukraine — and my colleague in lviv, james reynolds spoke to oleg savchuk in dnipro. he managed to escaped from the besieged city of mariupol with his family earlier this week. he began by asking him what it was like. into words, it was horrible. in two words, it was horrible. i never can imagine that in my city, this kind of things can happen starting from the third day of war. we moved from the old street to the port district to our grand parents to group together. and right after this day, everything stopped worse and worse. for example, the first day was without electricity and without gas, then without heat, an eccentric sentra and a damp it without even mobile connection and like was in a vacuum without information or something like this. this is t