Full Text of SR0335 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Rabbi Reuven Frankel of Deerfield, who | 4 | | passed away on April 24, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Frankel was born in Jerusalem; his family | 6 | | immigrated to Chicago in 1939; after 2 years in Chicago, his | 7 | | family moved to New York and he studied at Brooklyn College; he | 8 | | spent time in Cleveland, Ohio, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, | 9 | | studying and working before eventually returning to New York to | 10 | | study at the Cantors Institute of the Jewish Teleological | 11 | | Seminary; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, From 1957 to 1967, Rabbi Frankel was the associate | 13 | | cantor at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Michigan, | 14 | | while earning a bachelor's and master's degree in music from | 15 | | Wayne State University; after brief stops in Albany, New York, | 16 | | where he spent 2 years as cantor at Temple Israel, and | 17 | | Congregation Shaarey Zedek, he became the cantor at | 18 | | Congregation Beth El in Highland Park in 1970; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Frankel worked as a cantor at synagogues | 20 | | around the country for 2 decades, but in 1976, at the age of 45 | 21 | | and in his sixth year as a cantor at North Suburban Synagogue | 22 | | Beth El in Highland Park, he decided to complete his rabbinical |
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| 1 | | studies he had started as a youth; he studied at the Hebrew | 2 | | Theological College in Chicago and was ordained 2 years after | 3 | | making his decision to resume his studies; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Frankel joined Congregation B'nai Tikvah in | 5 | | 1979 as the rabbi; he retired in 1999; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Frankel interpretations of a wide variety of | 7 | | Yiddish, Hebrew, and liturgical music led to appearances on | 8 | | radio, television, and at universities as a singer and | 9 | | lecturer; he recorded several albums and has more than 100 | 10 | | songs available on iTunes; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Frankel was the beloved husband for 59 years | 12 | | of Penina (nee Ducoff); the loving father and mentor of Hillel | 13 | | (Jennifer Salas), Aaron (Jenny Wittner), and Noam (Laura Sova); | 14 | | the adored Zadie of Eli Blair, Caleb and Gabriel Frankel, and | 15 | | Lee Sova-Claypool; the cherished brother of the late Naftali | 16 | | (Penina) Frankel, the late Esther Davis, the late Devora | 17 | | Friend, and the late Yaffa Flitterman; the dear brother-in-law | 18 | | of the late Rabbi Bernard (Helen) Ducoff; and the grandfather | 19 | | of 4; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | Rabbi Frankel, and extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| 1 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Rabbi Frankel as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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