Full Text of SR0656 101st General Assembly
SR0656 101ST 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 Dr. Peter Knobel, who passed away | 4 | | on August 20, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, For much of his career, Rabbi Knobel was the | 6 | | Senior Rabbi of Beth Emet The Free Synagogue in Evanston, where | 7 | | he encouraged interaction between clergy and congregants with | 8 | | the goal of infusing Jewish meaning into the lives of | 9 | | individuals and the community; more recently, he had served as | 10 | | the Interim Senior Rabbi of Chicago's Temple Sholom, Temple | 11 | | Judea in Coral Gables, and Temple Israel of Hollywood; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In addition to his congregational | 13 | | responsibilities, Rabbi Knobel served in a variety of important | 14 | | leadership roles nationally and in the Chicago-area community; | 15 | | he was president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis | 16 | | (CCAR), Chair of the Liturgy and Reform Practice Committee, and | 17 | | a member of committees on human sexuality, homosexuality and | 18 | | the rabbinate, and patrilineal descent; he served on the boards | 19 | | of both the Union for Reform Judaism and the Hebrew Union | 20 | | College-Jewish Institute of Religion; he was a member of the | 21 | | National Interreligious Leadership Initiative on Peace in the | 22 | | Middle East; he was the editor of Gates of the Seasons: A Guide | 23 | | for the Jewish New Year; locally, he served as president of The |
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| 1 | | Chicago Board of Rabbis and the Chicago Association of Reform | 2 | | Rabbis; he was active in the Evanston Downtown Clergy | 3 | | Association; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Knobel will be remembered as an outstanding | 5 | | scholar and teacher; he offered a wide range of courses at The | 6 | | Spertus Institute over the past two decades and was a guiding | 7 | | light for students enrolled in masters and doctoral programs in | 8 | | Jewish Studies; he had a strong commitment to his students, | 9 | | interfaith dialogue, and professional training; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Knobel is survived by his wife, Elaine; his | 11 | | children; and his grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Rabbi Dr. Peter Knobel and extend our sincere condolences to | 15 | | his family, friends, colleagues, congregants, and all who knew | 16 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Rabbi Knobel as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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