Full Text of HR0736 98th General Assembly
HR0736 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the McHenry County | 4 | | Jewish Congregation on the 35th anniversary of its founding and | 5 | | Rabbi Marilee Gordon on her 10th anniversary as its spiritual | 6 | | leader, both taking place in 2014; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The McHenry County Jewish Congregation provides | 8 | | an environment for spiritual engagement, education, | 9 | | observance, and celebration, enabling people of the Jewish | 10 | | faith from all backgrounds to connect to their heritage, | 11 | | culture, and beliefs; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The McHenry County Jewish Congregation grew out of | 13 | | an informal 'Lox and Bagels' club of Jewish men and women, who | 14 | | established a congregation in 1979, open to all, to serve the | 15 | | growing Jewish population of the area; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The new congregation established itself in an | 17 | | historic schoolhouse in Crystal Lake, which will be marking the | 18 | | 100th anniversary of its construction in 2014; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The McHenry County Jewish Congregation's | 20 | | charitable, educational, and spiritual works contribute to the | 21 | | diverse social fabric of McHenry County; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The McHenry County Jewish Congregation promotes | 2 | | interfaith collaboration, understanding, and tolerance, in | 3 | | McHenry County and beyond; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we congratulate the McHenry County Jewish Congregation on the | 7 | | 35th anniversary of its founding and Marilee Gordon on the 10th | 8 | | anniversary of her becoming its spiritual leader, and we thank | 9 | | them for their service to the communities of McHenry County; | 10 | | and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the McHenry County Jewish Congregation and Rabbi | 13 | | Marilee Gordon as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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