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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Michael Kotzin of Highland Park, who 
4passed away on October 18, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Michael Kotzin was born in Chicago; he graduated 
6from Sullivan High School and received his bachelor's degree 
7from the University of Chicago and his doctorate from the 
8University of Minnesota; he served in the Israeli army after 
9being drafted for the 1973 Yom Kippur War; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Michael Kotzin joined the Anti-Defamation League 
11(ADL) in Atlanta, Georgia in 1979; 2 years later, he became 
12Regional Director in Columbus, Ohio, and then in 1983, he 
13returned to Chicago to head the ADL office; he spent the last 
1425 years with the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of 
15Metropolitan Chicago, first as Executive Director of the 
16organization's Jewish Community Relations Council and then as 
17Executive Vice-President; later, he served as a special 
18consultant to the President; his involvement in Jewish and 
19Zionist organizations came after he spent 11 years teaching 
20English literature at Tel Aviv University in Israel; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, In 2014, the Jewish United Fund published a book 
22by Michael Kotzin, "On the Front Lines in a Changing Jewish 
 
 
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1World", a collection of his essays, opinion columns, speeches, 
2and reviews; and
  
 
  
3    WHEREAS, Michael Kotzin is survived by his wife, Judith; 
4his daughter, Abigail Kotzin; his sons, Daniel and Joshua; his 
5sister, Morissa Amitai; and his 8 grandchildren; therefore, be 
6it
  
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
9Michael Kotzin, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
10family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
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12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
13presented to  the family of  Michael Kotzin as an expression of 
14our deepest sympathy.