Full Text of HR0491 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Rabbi Carl Wolkin on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beth | 5 | | Shalom in Northbrook; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Carl Wolkin earned his Bachelor of Arts in | 7 | | Classics from Columbia University in 1968; he subsequently | 8 | | received his rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological | 9 | | Seminary in 1973; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, After teaching at the Hebrew High School of Temple | 11 | | Israel of Great Neck, Rabbi Carl Wolkin served as the Associate | 12 | | Rabbi of the congregation from 1972 to 1980; in 1980, he was | 13 | | selected to serve as the Rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom in | 14 | | Northbrook; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Carl Wolkin was a strong and dependable | 16 | | leader at Congregation Beth Shalom, always striving to better | 17 | | serve the needs and desires of a diverse and growing | 18 | | membership, while also adhering to his strong, traditional | 19 | | Jewish values; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, During his tenure, Rabbi Carl Wolkin has served as | 21 | | the President of the Northbrook Clergy Association and the |
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| 1 | | Chicago Region of the Rabbinical Assembly; he has also served | 2 | | as president of the Chicago Board of Rabbis and a member of the | 3 | | Jewish United Fund Board; he continues to serve as the | 4 | | President of the Community Mikvah of the Conservative Movement | 5 | | and is a member of the Rabbinic Advisory Council of the | 6 | | Chicagoland Jewish High School; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 2004, Rabbi Carl Wolkin was in the first group | 8 | | of graduates of the Center for Rabbinic Enrichment of the | 9 | | Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem; this group of North | 10 | | American Rabbis completed a 3-year program of study at the | 11 | | Institute in Jerusalem and in the United States; he has also | 12 | | studied Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Carl Wolkin and his wife, Judy, have 2 | 14 | | children, Joshua and David, and a daughter-in-law, Keeli; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Carl Wolkin serves as a model of hard work, | 16 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 17 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 | | congratulate Rabbi Carl Wolkin on the occasion of his | 21 | | retirement and wish him continued success and happiness in the | 22 | | future; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Rabbi Carl Wolkin as a symbol of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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