H.R. No. 216

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Many friends and admirers the world over are
	mourning the loss of Maryasha Garelik of New York who passed away on
	January 10, 2007; and
	WHEREAS, Born in Russia at the turn of the 20th century,
	Maryasha Garelik never lost sight of her orthodox Jewish faith,
	though she and her family suffered anti-Semitic persecution under
	the Russian Empire, the Soviet regime, and the Nazis; her father was
	killed in a pogrom when she was five, and her grandparents, with
	whom she and her mother and older brothers had gone to live,
	subsequently perished in a fire ignited by their neighbors; years
	later, under Soviet rule, she and her husband, Elchanan Garelik,
	and their children were evicted from their apartment into the snow
	for her husband's refusal to work on the Jewish Sabbath; when he was
	eventually arrested and detained, Mrs. Garelik was left to raise
	their six children alone; and
	WHEREAS, She moved her family many times over the next few
	years as harassment by Soviet authorities continued; in 1941, faced
	with the impending Nazi invasion, they escaped to Uzbekistan, where
	they clandestinely made and sold socks as a means to survive; as the
	war came to an end, they set out for France, traveling west through
	Poland and Czechoslovakia, and spending time in a German detention
	camp, before finally arriving in Paris; there, Mrs. Garelik went on
	to found a Lubavitch Jewish school for girls that still exists
	today; and
	WHEREAS, In 1953, she immigrated to the United States and
	settled in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn; deeply
	involved in the Lubavitch Jewish community, she helped establish a
	boys' school as well as an organization whose members visited and
	cared for the sick; known affectionately as "Bubbe," or grandmother
	in Yiddish, she was treasured for her insight and wisdom by
	Lubavitch Jews throughout the world; and
	WHEREAS, Although Mrs. Garelik lived for more than six
	decades without certain knowledge of her husband's fate, she
	finally learned in 1998 of his death at the hands of the KGB; and
	WHEREAS, The beloved matriarch of more than 500 descendants,
	Maryasha Garelik lived through some of the most harrowing events of
	the 20th century; her remarkable survival was no doubt due in part
	to her unflagging faith and to her immense powers of perseverance,
	resilience, and hope, and her life will forever serve as a stirring
	example to people of all faiths and backgrounds; now, therefore, be
	it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Maryasha Garelik and
	extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family, her friends,
	and to the many Lubavitch communities around the world; and, be it
	further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Maryasha
	Garelik.
	Anderson
	Craddick Gattis Miles
	Allen Geren Miller
	Alonzo Giddings Moreno
	Anchia Gonzales Morrison
	Anderson Gonzalez Toureilles Mowery
	Aycock Goolsby Murphy
	Bailey Guillen Naishtat
	Berman Haggerty Noriega
	Bohac Hamilton O'Day
	Bolton Hancock Oliveira
	Bonnen Hardcastle Olivo
	Branch Harless Orr
	Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
	Brown of Brazos Hartnett Otto
	Burnam Heflin Parker
	Callegari Hernandez Patrick
	Castro Herrero Paxton
	Chavez Hilderbran Pena
	Chisum Hill Phillips
	Christian Hochberg Pickett
	Cohen Hodge Pierson
	Coleman Homer Pitts
	Cook of Navarro Hopson Puente
	Cook of Colorado Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
	Corte Howard of Travis Raymond
	Crabb Hughes Riddle
	Creighton Isett Ritter
	Crownover Jackson Rodriguez
	Darby Jones Rose
	Davis of Harris Keffer Smith of Tarrant
	Davis of Dallas King of Parker Smith of Harris
	Delisi King of Taylor Smithee
	Deshotel King of Zavala Solomons
	Driver Kolkhorst Strama
	Dukes Krusee Straus
	Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
	Dutton Latham Talton
	Eiland Laubenberg Taylor
	Eissler Leibowitz Thompson
	Elkins Lucio III Truitt
	England Macias Turner
	Escobar Madden Van Arsdale
	Farabee Mallory Caraway Vaught
	Farias Martinez Veasey
	Farrar Martinez Fischer Villarreal
	Flores McCall Vo
	Flynn McClendon West
	Frost McReynolds Woolley
	Gallego Menendez Zedler
	Garcia Merritt Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 216 was unanimously adopted by a
	rising vote of the House on April 16, 2007.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House