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1	1	H.R. No. 2616
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, Rabbi Samuel E. Karff of Houston has enriched the
6	6	lives of many through his scholarship, his compassion, and his
7	7	commitment to the spiritual dimension of healing; and
8	8	WHEREAS, A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University,
9	9	Rabbi Karff was ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute
10	10	of Religion, where he earned a doctor of Hebrew letters degree in
11	11	rabbinic theology in 1956; he served as an Air Force chaplain and
12	12	led congregations in a number of cities across the country before
13	13	becoming senior rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel in Houston in
14	14	1975; for more than two decades, his radio show has drawn listeners
15	15	of all faiths; and
16	16	WHEREAS, Rabbi Karff has served as the editor of The Journal
17	17	of Reform Judaism and is the author of such books as The Soul of the
18	18	Rav, Agada: The Language of Jewish Faith, and Permission to
19	19	Believe: Finding Faith in Troubled Times, which was published by
20	20	the Abingdon Press in 2005; moreover, he wrote the chapters on
21	21	Judaism for Religions of the World, a textbook used by some 200
22	22	colleges, and has taught at Notre Dame University and the
23	23	University of Chicago Divinity School; he was a lecturer in the
24	24	Department of Religious Studies at Rice University from 1977 to
25	25	2001; and
26	26	WHEREAS, Drawing from his own experiences as a hospital
27	27	patient, Rabbi Karff developed the Sacred Vocation Program to
28	28	create enduring, beneficial changes in health care by helping
29	29	caregivers understand the emotional and spiritual aspects of
30	30	healing and find greater purpose in their work; the pilot project at
31	31	St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital became the Sacred Vocation
32	32	Partnership, a collaboration between St. Luke's and The University
33	33	of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; the program has since
34	34	been instituted at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and
35	35	two clinics in Houston, and is currently scheduled to be
36	36	implemented in three additional health care facilities; and
37	37	WHEREAS, Rabbi Karff accepted emeritus status at
38	38	Congregation Beth Israel in 1999; he became founder and director of
39	39	the Health and Human Spirit Program at the Health Science Center,
40	40	which in 2004 was expanded into the newly formed McGovern Center,
41	41	and Rabbi Karff currently serves as its associate director and as a
42	42	visiting professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the
43	43	Health Science Center; he is also on the board of the Texas Medical
44	44	Center Houston and lectures extensively in this country and abroad;
45	45	and
46	46	WHEREAS, A former president of the Central Conference of
47	47	American Rabbis, Rabbi Karff serves on the boards of the Institute
48	48	of Religion, the Coalition for Mutual Respect, and the
49	49	Anti-Defamation League, and is a former member of the executive
50	50	committee and the board of trustees of the United Way of the Texas
51	51	Gulf Coast; and
52	52	WHEREAS, This eminent scholar and religious leader has been a
53	53	source of profound inspiration through his dedication to nourishing
54	54	the human spirit and to illuminating the connection between
55	55	physical, emotional, and spiritual healing; now, therefore, be it
56	56	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
57	57	Legislature hereby honor Rabbi Samuel E. Karff for his remarkable
58	58	contributions and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued
59	59	success in his endeavors; and, be it further
60	60	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
61	61	prepared for Rabbi Karff as an expression of high regard by the
62	62	Texas House of Representatives.
63	63	Edwards
64	64	______________________________
65	65	Speaker of the House
66	66	I certify that H.R. No. 2616 was adopted by the House on May
67	67	31, 2009, by a non-record vote.
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69	69	Chief Clerk of the House