HR 9039

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution commending Hadassah, the Women's Zionist
3	Organization of America, and its members from the Florida
4	Central, Florida Atlantic, Florida Broward, and Greater
5	Miami Regions on playing a vital role in improving the
6	quality of life of people in Florida and the United
7	States, in Israel and Palestine, and elsewhere in the
8	world.
9
10	WHEREAS, Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of
11	America, the largest Zionist, largest Jewish, and largest
12	women's membership organization in the country, was founded in
13	1912 by Henrietta Szold to help meet the medical needs of
14	Palestinians, and
15	WHEREAS, since that time, Hadassah has been a leading force
16	in supporting Israel's medical needs through Mt. Scopus
17	Hospital, Ein Karem Hospital, and various clinics across the
18	country, and
19	WHEREAS, Hadassah hospitals, in addition to serving as a
20	model of peaceful coexistence in the Middle East, provide state-
21	of-the-art health care to 600,000 patients a year, regardless of
22	race, religion, or creed, and often treat the most critically
23	wounded in the region's ongoing conflicts, and
24	WHEREAS, in the United States, Hadassah women sold $200
25	million in United States World War II bonds as their first
26	national domestic effort, and
27	WHEREAS, since then, Hadassah women have been actively
28	engaged in domestic health education programs on breast cancer
29	and osteoporosis; voter registration efforts; Jewish education;
30	grassroots advocacy on United States-Israel relations, Jewish
31	communal concerns, and women's issues; humanitarian relief to
32	distressed communities and countries; and volunteer work in
33	literacy programs and at domestic violence shelters, and
34	WHEREAS, nominated to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the
35	Hadassah Medical Organization is recognized for its excellence
36	in promoting peace in the Middle East through its equal
37	treatment for all people, including its care of more terror
38	victims than any other medical center in the region, and, with
39	its mixed staff of people of all faiths, for its serving as a
40	model of cooperation and coexistence in its ongoing initiatives
41	to create bridges for peace even throughout the intifada, and
42	WHEREAS, on this day, Wednesday, March 22, 2006, Hadassah
43	women have gathered at the Capitol in Tallahassee to help
44	educate Florida Legislators on the value of supporting embryonic
45	stem cell research for all Floridians, NOW, THEREFORE,
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47	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
48	Florida:
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50	That the women of Hadassah from the Florida Central,
51	Florida Atlantic, Florida Broward, and Greater Miami Regions are
52	welcomed by their Representatives on this 22nd day of March 2006
53	and are commended for their vital role in efforts aimed at
54	improving the quality of life of people in Florida and the
55	United States, in Israel and Palestine, and elsewhere in the
56	world.

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