Political Quotes

“I wish to pay tribute to Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz. Jerry was 1 of the 11 people who was violently killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. General George Patton once said, ``It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.'' Today we thank God for the life of Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz. When gunfire erupted, Dr. Rabinowitz was in a different location, but ran toward the gunfire, knowing there would be people who needed his care. That altruistic impulse cost Dr. Rabinowitz his life, but anyone who knew Dr. Rabinowitz has said he would have done nothing less. A family physician, Dr. Rabinowitz was guided by a moral compass that never faltered and an inner light that never went out. He embraced AIDS patients in the early years of the epidemic when other doctors shunned them. He made house calls to check in on patients; he believed in treating the whole person. He did not just care for individuals, but for entire families. Three and four generations of families became patients of Dr. Rabinowitz. He also served as president of Dor Hadash, one of the congregations that met at the Tree of Life synagogue. Dr. Rabinowitz's life ended tragically and far too soon, but the world is a better place for the years Dr. Rabinowitz was in it. His light lives on in all the patients he cared for and all the people he touched, and today we do indeed thank God for the life of Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz.…”