Crist named Rabbi Schneur Zalman Oirechman, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of the Panhandle, to the faith-based body for a term expiring in 2012. Oirechman will join Rabbi Sholom Ciment, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Greater Boynton Beach, who was appointed to the council by former Gov. Jeb Bush and was reappointed last year by the Florida State Senate to a term expiring in 2011.
Florida Faith-Based Council Now Served by Two Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis
With his appointment of a northwestern Florida rabbi to the state’s Faith-Based and Community-Based Advisory Council, Gov. Charlie Crist has insured the presence of two Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries on the inter-governmental policy council until at least 2011.
Crist named Rabbi Schneur Zalman Oirechman, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of the Panhandle, to the faith-based body for a term expiring in 2012. Oirechman will join Rabbi Sholom Ciment, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Greater Boynton Beach, who was appointed to the council by former Gov. Jeb Bush and was reappointed last year by the Florida State Senate to a term expiring in 2011.
The Faith-Based and Community-Based Advisory Council comprises 25 members, 17 of whom are appointed by the governor. With a mandate to “enlist, enable, empower and expand the work of volunteer faith-based and community organizations” throughout Florida, the council makes regular policy recommendations to both the state legislature and the governor.
“Community-based and faith-based organizations in Florida have tremendous capacity to meet the needs of our citizens,” state Rep. Dean Cannon, the sponsor of the council’s authorizing legislation, said at its founding. “It is common sense to help these organizations coordinate with government, so that both can maximize their resources.”
