LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Warren Donin upon the occasion of his
designation by the Association of Orthodox Jewish Teachers as the recip-
ient of its Teacher of the Year Award on March 27, 2011

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and
commend illustrious individuals of distinguished purpose whose lives
have been committed to the pursuit of excellence in the education of the
youth of the Empire State; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commend
Warren Donin upon the occasion of his designation by the Association of
Orthodox Jewish Teachers of the New York City Public Schools as the
recipient of its Teacher of the Year Award; and
WHEREAS, Warren Donin, a teacher at Stuyvesant High School, will be
honored at the organization's 41st Annual Luncheon, to be held at The
Renaissance in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday, March 27, 2011; and
WHEREAS, Warren Donin has worked in public education for 42 years; in
those 42 years of tenured academic service he has taught Social Studies
and English in both the Junior and the Senior High Schools of New York
City; for the past 31 years, he has taught at Stuyvesant High School;
and
WHEREAS, A lifelong New York State resident, Donin was born and raised
in Brooklyn and is a product of the New York City Public School system;
he earned an undergraduate degree in history from Elizabethtown College
of Pennsylvania in 1969, a master's degree in history from New York
University in 1973, and another master's degree as well as postgraduate
work in School Administration and Supervision from New York University
in 1975; in addition, Warren Donin holds administrative licenses in New
York State; and
WHEREAS, Warren Donin has also taught in the graduate schools of
Social Studies Education at both Columbia University and New York
University as an instructor in the Methods of Teaching Social Studies in
the Secondary School; he proudly estimates that nearly 50 graduate
students and young teachers he has mentored in social studies education
are currently teaching throughout the United States and, one of the
mentorees he trained, has for several years, offered Jewish History as
an elective course; and
WHEREAS, In 2006 Warren Donin established Club Moshiach-The Jewish
Student Club at Stuyvesant High School to help Jewish youth maintain
their identity and to make them aware of their religion, history and
culture; and
WHEREAS, Once a week after school the students assemble in Warren
Donin's classroom; with the assistance of Rabbi Zalmon Liberow of Brook-
lyn, the male students have been taught to put on tefellin; other Rabbis
are brought in to give students words of Torah and to instruct them in a
Jewish way of life; Kosher food is brought in and students are taught to
recite the blessings over the solids and liquids they consume; Jewish
teachers are welcome and encouraged to attend; and
WHEREAS, In 2007, Michael Waxman became Warren Donin's assistant; with
his assistance, Warren Donin's dream of a separate class for women came
to fruition; a female Jewish teacher has been brought in to work with
the female students to help them understand the role of being a Jewish
woman and its importance; and
WHEREAS, Warren Donin has generously arranged for several students to
have the Bar or Bat Mitzvah they never had the opportunity to receive
and he vigorously encourages students, when they attend college, to
connect with other Jewish students through the numerous Hillel and

Chabad Houses available on college and university campuses across the
country; and
WHEREAS, An active member of the civil rights organization Not Just
Blacks and Jews in Conversation, Warren Donin has spent the past 30
years of his academic teaching career promoting tolerance and under-
standing among all ethnic groups; and
WHEREAS, His class "Race, Ethnicity & Gender Studies" is well-known
and widely-regarded as among the finest classes of its kind and Warren
Donin's relationship with judges and attorneys has led to many regularly
visiting the school to speak on and instruct in respect for all as well
as to clerkships being established for the students, both singular and
unique opportunities for his students; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when individ-
uals of such accomplishment are brought to our attention it is appropri-
ate to publicly proclaim and commend them for the edification and
emulation of others; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Warren Donin upon the occasion of his designation as the recipient
of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Teachers' Teacher of the Year
Award on March 27, 2011; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Warren Donin.