| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2618 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Ranon Teller of Congregation Brith Shalom |
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| 6 | 6 | | faithfully serves the spiritual needs of his community in Greater |
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| 7 | 7 | | Houston, and his genuine regard for the welfare of others has |
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| 8 | 8 | | enriched the lives of countless people; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The son of Jewish educators, Ranon Teller was born |
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| 10 | 10 | | and raised in Southfield, Michigan, and attended Akiva Hebrew Day |
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| 11 | 11 | | School until he moved to Chicago to attend Skokie Yeshiva High |
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| 12 | 12 | | School; he went on to pursue two years of intense yeshiva study in |
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| 13 | 13 | | Israel before earning a bachelor's degree in television writing |
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| 14 | 14 | | from Columbia College in Chicago; his first career eventually took |
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| 15 | 15 | | him to Los Angeles and Jerusalem, where he enrolled part-time at |
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| 16 | 16 | | Machon Schechter, a Conservative rabbinical school; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, After fully recognizing his calling, Rabbi Teller |
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| 18 | 18 | | embarked on a joint rabbinic and education program at the |
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| 19 | 19 | | University of Judaism; he earned a master's degree in education |
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| 20 | 20 | | from the Fingerhut School of Education in 1999 and received the |
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| 21 | 21 | | school's Education Award for Outstanding Achievement; with his |
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| 22 | 22 | | rabbinic ordination in 2002, he received the Chancellor's Award for |
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| 23 | 23 | | Academic Excellence; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Teller served as an assistant rabbi and as |
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| 25 | 25 | | associate rabbi at Congregation B'nai Amoona in St. Louis, |
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| 26 | 26 | | Missouri, before joining Congregation Brith Shalom in 2005; in |
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| 27 | 27 | | addition to his many responsibilities as its leader, he serves on |
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| 28 | 28 | | the board of directors of Jewish Family Service in Houston; he is |
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| 29 | 29 | | the recipient of the 2007 Mae and Edmund Hecht Rabbinic |
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| 30 | 30 | | Presentation from the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Rabbi Teller enjoys the love |
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| 32 | 32 | | and support of his wife, Vicki Teller, who chairs the synagogue's |
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| 33 | 33 | | successful KidShul program; the couple have four children, Ariella, |
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| 34 | 34 | | Maya, Jake, and Nava; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | WHEREAS, Rabbi Teller has demonstrated a wholehearted |
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| 36 | 36 | | commitment to his congregation and to the wider community, and his |
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| 37 | 37 | | faith and many good works have been a source of profound inspiration |
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| 38 | 38 | | to all who know him; now, therefore, be it |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 40 | 40 | | Legislature hereby honor Rabbi Ranon Teller for his service to the |
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| 41 | 41 | | community and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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| 42 | 42 | | be it further |
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| 43 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 44 | 44 | | prepared for Rabbi Teller as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 45 | 45 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 46 | 46 | | Edwards |
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| 47 | 47 | | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 49 | 49 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2618 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 50 | 50 | | 31, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 51 | 51 | | ______________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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