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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Rabbi Harvey and | ||||||
| 4 | Vivien Well and Mr. Lawrence A. Sherman on being the honorees | ||||||
| 5 | at the 2007 Keter Award Banquet of the Associated Talmud Torahs | ||||||
| 6 | of Chicago; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The 2007 Keter Award Banquet of
the Associated | ||||||
| 8 | Talmud Torahs of Chicago will take place on Sunday, November | ||||||
| 9 | 18, 2007; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Rabbi Well is retiring after serving as the | ||||||
| 11 | Superintendent of the Associated Talmud Torahs for 30 years;
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| 12 | his innovative educational and leadership skills have led the | ||||||
| 13 | Associated Talmud Torahs to succeed and grow as the Central | ||||||
| 14 | Agency for Torah Education in Chicago; he is a graduate of the | ||||||
| 15 | Chicago day school system and Roosevelt University; he received | ||||||
| 16 | his S'micha from the Hebrew Theological College and his PhD | ||||||
| 17 | from Loyola University; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Rabbi Well has taught at the Jewish University, at | ||||||
| 19 | Loyola University, and the Ida Crown Jewish Academy; he | ||||||
| 20 | previously served as Principal at Akiba Schecter Day School and | ||||||
| 21 | the interim Principal at the Ida Crown Jewish Academy; some of | ||||||
| 22 | the innovative programs instituted during his tenure include: | ||||||
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| 1 | the Oscar and Bernice Novick P'tach Program for children with | ||||||
| 2 | learning disabilities, the Associated Talmud Torahs Frankel | ||||||
| 3 | Teacher's Resource Center, the Goldman Computer Department, | ||||||
| 4 | and many other programs that serve the entire Jewish Community | ||||||
| 5 | of Chicago; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Mrs. Vivien Well has been a true partner in all of | ||||||
| 7 | Rabbi Well's endeavors; she is also an alumna of the Chicago | ||||||
| 8 | day school system and is an active participant in AMIT, the | ||||||
| 9 | Skokie mikvah, and the Associated Talmud Torahs; Vivien has | ||||||
| 10 | taught at P'tach and Arie Crown Hebrew Day School and is | ||||||
| 11 | currently the graphic artist at the Associated Talmud Torahs | ||||||
| 12 | Frankel Teacher's Resource Center; Rabbi and Mrs. Well will be | ||||||
| 13 | honored with the inaugural ATT Jewish Educational Leadership | ||||||
| 14 | Award; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Mr. Lawrence A. Sherman is the Chairman and | ||||||
| 16 | founder of Puritan Finance Corporation; he is a life-long | ||||||
| 17 | supporter of Jewish Education and Jewish causes in Chicago, | ||||||
| 18 | Israel, and around the world; he is currently on the Board of | ||||||
| 19 | Overseers of the Hebrew Union College and he has been a leader | ||||||
| 20 | in Reform Judaism for many years; he served for many years on | ||||||
| 21 | the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan | ||||||
| 22 | Chicago, including four years as the Chairman of the Jewish | ||||||
| 23 | Education Committee; he is a true friend of the Associated | ||||||
| 24 | Talmud Torahs and is being honored with the Reuben and Francis | ||||||
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| 1 | L. Feinberg Memorial Crown for Community Service in | ||||||
| 2 | appreciation of his many years of supporting Jewish education; | ||||||
| 3 | therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 5 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 6 | congratulate Rabbi Well, Mrs. Vivien Well, and Mr. Lawrence | ||||||
| 7 | Sherman on receiving these great honors; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to Rabbi Well, Mrs. Vivien Well, and Mr. Lawrence | ||||||
| 10 | Sherman as symbols of our respect and esteem.
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