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92_HR0193

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives    are   pleased   to   recognize   milestone
 4    achievements in  the  lives  of  citizens  of  the  State  of
 5    Illinois; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Rabbi Ellen Dreyfus of B'Nai Yehuda Beth Sholom
 7    in Homewood will assume the presidency of the  Chicago  Board
 8    of Rabbis on May 16, 2001; and

 9        WHEREAS,  Rabbi  Ellen Dreyfus will serve a two year term
10    as president of the Chicago Board  which  represents  Reform,
11    Conservative,  Reconstructionist,  and Orthodox rabbis across
12    Chicago and the suburbs; she is  believed  to  be  the  first
13    female  president  of  a rabbinical board in the five largest
14    cities populated by Jewish citizens; and

15        WHEREAS, In 1979, Rabbi Ellen Dreyfus was ordained as the
16    first female rabbi in the State of Illinois;  she  served  in
17    congregations  in Michigan and Kankakee before becoming rabbi
18    of Congregation Beth Sholom in 1987; after  the  congregation
19    merged  with  Reform  synagogue  B'Nai  Yehuda in Homewood in
20    1998,  Rabbi  Ellen  Dreyfus  became  rabbi  of  the   merged
21    congregations which include about 300 families; and

22        WHEREAS,  Rabbi Ellen Dreyfus will also serve as a member
23    of the Council of Religious Leaders of  Metropolitan  Chicago
24    which   includes   members   from   the  Catholic,  Anglican,
25    Protestant, and Orthodox faiths; therefore, be it

26        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
27    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28    we  congratulate  Rabbi  Ellen  Dreyfus  of B'Nai Yehuda Beth
29    Sholom for being the first woman to achieve the  position  of
30    president of the Chicago Board of Rabbis; and be it further

31        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 
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 1    presented to Rabbi Ellen Dreyfus  as  an  expression  of  our
 2    esteem.

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