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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Rabbi Ranon Teller of Congregation Brith Shalom |
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faithfully serves the spiritual needs of his community in Greater |
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Houston, and his genuine regard for the welfare of others has |
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enriched the lives of countless people; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Jewish educators, Ranon Teller was born |
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and raised in Southfield, Michigan, and attended Akiva Hebrew Day |
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School until he moved to Chicago to attend Skokie Yeshiva High |
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School; he went on to pursue two years of intense yeshiva study in |
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Israel before earning a bachelor's degree in television writing |
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from Columbia College in Chicago; his first career eventually took |
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him to Los Angeles and Jerusalem, where he enrolled part-time at |
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Machon Schechter, a Conservative rabbinical school; and |
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WHEREAS, After fully recognizing his calling, Rabbi Teller |
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embarked on a joint rabbinic and education program at the |
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University of Judaism; he earned a master's degree in education |
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from the Fingerhut School of Education in 1999 and received the |
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school's Education Award for Outstanding Achievement; with his |
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rabbinic ordination in 2002, he received the Chancellor's Award for |
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Academic Excellence; and |
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WHEREAS, Rabbi Teller served as an assistant rabbi and as |
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associate rabbi at Congregation B'nai Amoona in St. Louis, |
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Missouri, before joining Congregation Brith Shalom in 2005; in |
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addition to his many responsibilities as its leader, he serves on |
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the board of directors of Jewish Family Service in Houston; he is |
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the recipient of the 2007 Mae and Edmund Hecht Rabbinic |
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Presentation from the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Rabbi Teller enjoys the love |
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and support of his wife, Vicki Teller, who chairs the synagogue's |
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successful KidShul program; the couple have four children, Ariella, |
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Maya, Jake, and Nava; and |
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WHEREAS, Rabbi Teller has demonstrated a wholehearted |
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commitment to his congregation and to the wider community, and his |
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faith and many good works have been a source of profound inspiration |
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to all who know him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Rabbi Ranon Teller for his service to the |
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community and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Rabbi Teller as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Edwards |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2618 was adopted by the House on May |
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31, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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