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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Rabbi Daniel
4 Cotzin Burg as he leaves Chicago for Baltimore to become a
5 Senior Rabbi at Congregation Beth Am; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Daniel Burg is a Rabbi at Anshe Emet Synagogue in
7 Chicago; Rabbi Burg was ordained by the Ziegler School of
8 Rabbinic Studies at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles,
9 California in May 2005; he holds Master of Arts degrees in
10 Rabbinic Studies and Jewish Education from the U.J. and a
11 Bachelor of Arts degree in Hebrew Studies and Anthropology from
12 the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Rabbi Burg serves on the
13 boards of the Lakeview Actions Coalition (LAC) and the advisory
14 board to the Chicago Center for Jewish Genetic Disorders; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Rabbi Daniel Burg is blessed to share his life
16 with the talented Rabbi Miriam Burg, their daughter, Eliyah,
17 and their son, Shamir; Rabbi Burg is a lifelong Chicago Cubs
18 fan, testament to his loyalty, tenacity, and humility; and
 
19     WHEREAS, During Rabbi Daniel Burg's service at Anshe Emet
20 Synagogue, his congregants have learned and laughed and danced
21 and sung; Rabbi Burg has led them into founding their very own
22 and very sacred community, Chevra Kadisha; he established a

 

 

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1 lasting institution which may stand highest on the list of his
2 myriad accomplishments; and
 
3     WHEREAS, He is an inspired teacher, and with him beside his
4 congregation, they learned by doing; they are grateful
5 beneficiaries left to carry on the sacred tradition introduced
6 during his tenure; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Rabbi Daniel Burg is leaving Chicago for Baltimore
8 to succeed Rabbi Jon Konheim as a spiritual leader of Beth Am,
9 a congregation of approximately 400 families and individuals;
10 and
 
11     WHEREAS, Out of deep gratitude and in recognition of the
12 extra effort he put forth in introducing and establishing a
13 centuries old element of community that has been disappearing
14 from modern Jewish tradition, this resolution is given to him
15 in the hope that he will remember his time in Chicago fondly;
16 therefore, be it
 
17     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
19 congratulate Rabbi Burg as he moves to his new position in
20 Baltimore and thank him for all his work at Anshe Emet
21 Synagogue; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to Rabbi Daniel Burg as a symbol of our respect and
3 esteem.