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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the 
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State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Rabbi Meir 
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Shapiro on the occasion of his retirement after 40 years of 
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service as principal at Arie Crown Hebrew Day School; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Rabbi Shapiro, the son of the late Rabbi Dr. 
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Joseph and Bluma Shapiro, was raised in Pittsburg, where his 
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father served as the revered spiritual leader of a prominent 
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synagogue; and
 
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    WHEREAS, In addition to having earned a Master's Degree in 
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Educational Supervision, Rabbi Shapiro received his rabbinic 
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ordination in 1956, from Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetzky, widely 
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recognized as one of the greatest Torah scholars of the past 
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century; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Rabbi Shapiro has served the students of Arie 
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Crown Hebrew Day School with devotion to the development of 
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each individual, for the past 40 years; during that time, Arie 
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Crown Hebrew Day School has tripled in size to more than 600 
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students and become one of the most prominent and successful 
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Jewish day schools in the United States;  and
 
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    WHEREAS, Rabbi Shapiro has served as a role model for the 
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intellectual, spiritual, moral, and character development of 
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his students; he has been a mentor to hundreds of teachers, and 
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has been a positive influence in the lives of thousands of 
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young Jewish men and women, many of whom have become leaders in 
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the Chicago Jewish community and beyond; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Rabbi Shapiro and his wife, Elizabeth Fischer 
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Shapiro, have 2 children, Leah and Hillel, who both attended 
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and graduated from Arie Crown Hebrew Day School; Rabbi and Mrs. 
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Shapiro are the proud grandparents of 13 children; and
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Shapiro served Arie Crown Hebrew Day School 
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as an involved parent, rising through the ranks to serve as 
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president of the Parent Teacher Association, and she  has also 
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served for many years as the supervisor of early childhood 
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education for the Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, On Sunday, June 6, 2004, Rabbi and Mrs. Shapiro 
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will be honored by those whose lives he has touched, and who 
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will be forever grateful for his special and lifelong 
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dedication to education, with a banquet and other festivities; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Rabbi Meir Shapiro on the occasion of his 
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retirement after 40 years of dedicated service as principal at 
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Arie Crown Hebrew Day School; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Rabbi Meir Shapiro as an expression of our respect 
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and esteem.