Full Text of HR0193 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Violence and threats against the Jewish people and | 3 | | against individual Jews, based upon their
identified status as | 4 | | Jews, led to one of the darkest patterns in human history; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In recent days, the number and scale of threats | 6 | | and violent actions against Jewish people,
offices, entities, | 7 | | places of worship, and places of burial, have multiplied within | 8 | | the United States; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, These threats and actions have taken various | 10 | | forms, including the spray-painting of hostile
graffiti upon | 11 | | synagogues, anonymous telephoned bomb threats against Jewish | 12 | | child care centers and
community centers, and activities of | 13 | | vandals at Jewish cemeteries; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, On Monday, February 27, 2017, the Jewish Community | 15 | | Center Association of
North America reported that 31 separate | 16 | | bomb threats were called into 23 community centers and
eight | 17 | | Jewish day schools throughout the United States; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In recent news stories, several key synagogues in | 19 | | the Chicago area, including synagogues on
Chicago's North Shore | 20 | | such as Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah in Wilmette and | 21 | | North
Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, have been compelled |
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| 1 | | to take steps to increase security in and around
their places | 2 | | of worship; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 | | stand with the Jewish residents of Illinois in fervent and | 6 | | uncompromising opposition to any form of threats or violence | 7 | | against Jewish children, families, people, buildings, | 8 | | institutions, places of identity, and places of religious | 9 | | observance; and be it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That we commend the local law enforcement | 11 | | agencies with responsibility over those locations
that are | 12 | | under actual or potential threat for the increased vigilance | 13 | | and security that they are being
called upon to provide; and be | 14 | | it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That we call upon the federal government of the | 16 | | United States, and the State of Illinois, to
increase the | 17 | | active enforcement of law enforcement and security policies | 18 | | intended to
reduce and eliminate these types of threats; and be | 19 | | it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to | 21 | | the Governor of Illinois, the Director of the
Illinois State | 22 | | Police, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of |
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