Second, I am honoring my father. It is indeed my honor to say Kaddish for him, just as he predicted many years ago when he always said, “Dus is mein Kaddish.”

In that sense, the Kaddish is my love letter to my father. Somewhere, I can hear my father saying to me, “Thanks, Good Kid!”

Thank you, Almighty God, for the wonderful blessing of my memory of my father, Moshe Zev ben Aryeh Yoel, Melvin “Moshe” Steinberg.

Alan J. Steinberg served as Regional Administrator of Region 2 EPA during the administration of former President George W. Bush. Region 2 EPA consists of the states of New York and New Jersey, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and eight federally recognized Indian nations. Under former New Jersey Governor Christie Whitman, he served as Executive Director of the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission. He currently serves on the political science faculty of Monmouth University.

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