Full Text of SR0985 098th 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 Daniel Moscowitz of Chicago, passed | 4 | | away on March 4, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Moscowitz was born on the North Side to | 6 | | Frank (Ephraim) and Cynthia (Tzivia) Moscowitz; he attended | 7 | | Bais Yaakov, a local Jewish day school and he followed his | 8 | | father's footsteps, studying at yeshivahs in Montreal, Canada | 9 | | and Brooklyn; he was among the young students selected to serve | 10 | | as senior students at the Chabad yeshivah in Brunoy, France; he | 11 | | married Esther Rochel Aronow and returned to Chicago; he joined | 12 | | the Congregation Anshei Lubavitch and founded the Tannenbaum | 13 | | Chabad House, serving Jewish students at Northwestern | 14 | | University; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Moscowitz was the regional director of | 16 | | Lubavitch-Chabad of Illinois, who spearheaded the growth of | 17 | | Chabad-Lubavitch centers to nearly 40 locations in 21 Illinois | 18 | | cities, with schools and services for seniors and children with | 19 | | special needs; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Moscowitz helped open a new synagogue on | 21 | | Chicago's far North Side in the summer of 1995, Bais Menachem | 22 | | Nusach Ari, and in 2000, he moved his family to Northbrook to |
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| 1 | | open a new Chabad center; most recently he oversaw the opening | 2 | | of a new Chabad center in Carbondale; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Moscowitz was active in Jewish communal | 4 | | leadership on a national and global level; he was Chairman of | 5 | | the executive committee of the Chicago Rabbinical Council, a | 6 | | member of the executive committee of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch - | 7 | | the educational arm of Chabad-Lubavitch, and was a visible | 8 | | leader at the International Conference of Chabad Emissaries; he | 9 | | was a regular at Hanukkah menorah-lighting ceremonies at Daley | 10 | | Plaza; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Moscowitz is survived by his wife, Esther; | 12 | | his children, Shterna Sara Newman, Rabbi Meir Shimon Moscowitz, | 13 | | Rabbi Yosef Shmuel Moscowitz, Rabbi Yehoshua Zelik Moscowitz, | 14 | | Rivkah Sternberg, Chana Teldon, Rabbi Leibel Moscowitz, and | 15 | | Chaya Mushka Hecht; his parents; and his brothers, Rabbi Moshe | 16 | | Moscowitz, Eli Moscowitz, and Rabbi Mendel Moscowitz; | 17 | | therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, and extend our sincere condolences to | 21 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Rabbi Moscowitz as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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