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91_HR0987
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize significant
4 milestones in the lives of the citizens of Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Rabbi Michael
6 M. Remson of Congregation Beth Shalom in Naperville, Illinois
7 will be retiring from service this year; and
8 WHEREAS, For the past 17 years, Congregation Beth Shalom
9 has been blessed with the leadership of Rabbi Michael Remson;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Michael M. Remson is a native of Buffalo, New
12 York; he attended the University of Buffalo and earned his
13 degree from the Canisius College of Buffalo; he served as a
14 VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) Volunteer in
15 Wilmington, Delaware before entering the Rabbinic School of
16 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York
17 City; he studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem,
18 Israel, and earned his graduate degrees in Hebrew Literature
19 from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where
20 he was ordained in 1973; he studied at Spartus College of
21 Judaica in Chicago, and received an honorary doctorate from
22 the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia,
23 Pennsylvania; in 1998, he received an honorary Doctor of
24 Divinity degree from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish
25 Institute of Religion in New York City; and
26 WHEREAS, Michael Remson has given lectures at many
27 colleges and universities around Wisconsin and northern
28 Illinois and has authored numerous articles; he served for 10
29 years as the rabbi of Beth Hillel Temple in Kenosha,
30 Wisconsin; and he has also been an adjunct faculty member at
31 North Central College in Naperville; and
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1 WHEREAS, Michael M. Remson served as Chairman of the
2 Committee on Family Life of the Central Conference of
3 American rabbis where he was the editor of "A Rabbi's Guide
4 to Adoption"; he had the honor of studying with Dr. Peter
5 Steinke and became the first rabbi to be a facilitator for
6 Dr. Steinke's "Healthy Congregations Workshops"; Rabbi Remson
7 is the only rabbi to be trained as a Transition Specialist by
8 the Interim Ministry Network; and
9 WHEREAS, Rabbi Remson is an officer of the
10 Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association; he was also the
11 first rabbi to serve as President of the Naperville
12 Ministerium, and most recently, he served on its Steering
13 Committee;
14 WHEREAS, Rabbi Michael M. Remson has been part of the
15 Congregation Beth Shalom in Naperville since 1983, and has
16 been an important force in shaping the Congregation; he is
17 very active in both Jewish and interfaith affairs, and he
18 cares very deeply about the Congregation and its members; and
19 WHEREAS, Michael M. Remson and his wife, Susan, have been
20 married since 1969; he is the proud father of Aviva and Ben;
21 and
22 WHEREAS, Congregation Beth Shalom will host a gala
23 weekend for Rabbi Michael M. Remson during the weekend of
24 January 26-28, 2001; this weekend is being sponsored by
25 Committee Members Susan Ganden, Linda Yokelson, Carole Kerr,
26 Carol Gruchala, Stephanie Weiner, Cookie Berger, Paulette
27 Goodman, Elaine Rest, Selena and Steve Rochlis, Stuart
28 Beneson, Natalie Young and Wendy Foster; and also by the
29 Board of Directors who include, Cantor Hasha Musha Perman,
30 Barbara Bernstein, Susan Jensen, Dorothy Battle, Amy Deitch,
31 and Tim Schauer; therefore, be it
32 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
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1 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2 we congratulate Rabbi Michael M. Remson for his 17 years of
3 dedicated service to the members of Congregation Beth Shalom
4 in Naperville, Illinois and wish him well in his future
5 endeavors; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to Rabbi Michael M. Remson as an expression of our
8 esteem.