HR 9071

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House Resolution
2A resolution commending Hadassah, the Women's Zionist
3Organization of America, and its members from the Florida
4Central, Florida Atlantic, Florida Broward, and Greater
5Miami Regions on playing a vital role in improving the
6quality of life of people in Florida and the United
7States, in Israel and Palestine, and elsewhere in the
8world.
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10     WHEREAS, Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of
11America, the largest Zionist, largest Jewish, and largest
12women's membership organization in the country, was founded in
131912 by Henrietta Szold to help meet the medical needs of
14Palestinians, and
15     WHEREAS, since that time, Hadassah has been a leading force
16in supporting Israel's medical needs through Mt. Scopus
17Hospital, Ein Karem Hospital, and various clinics across the
18country, and
19     WHEREAS, Hadassah hospitals, in addition to serving as a
20model of peaceful coexistence in the Middle East, provide state-
21of-the-art health care to 600,000 patients a year, regardless of
22race, religion, or creed, and often treat the most critically
23wounded in the region's ongoing conflicts, and
24     WHEREAS, in the United States, Hadassah women sold $200
25million in United States World War II bonds as their first
26national domestic effort, and
27     WHEREAS, since then, Hadassah women have been actively
28engaged in domestic health education programs on breast cancer
29and osteoporosis; voter registration efforts; Jewish education;
30grassroots advocacy on United States-Israel relations, Jewish
31communal concerns, and women's issues; humanitarian relief to
32distressed communities and countries; and volunteer work in
33literacy programs and at domestic violence shelters, and
34     WHEREAS, nominated to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the
35Hadassah Medical Organization is recognized for its excellence
36in promoting peace in the Middle East through its equal
37treatment for all people, including its care of more terror
38victims than any other medical center in the region, and, with
39its mixed staff of people of all faiths, for its serving as a
40model of cooperation and coexistence in its ongoing initiatives
41to create bridges for peace even throughout the intifada, and
42     WHEREAS, on this day, Thursday, April 19, 2007, Hadassah
43women have gathered at the Capitol in Tallahassee to help
44educate Florida Legislators on the value of supporting embryonic
45stem cell research for all Floridians, NOW, THEREFORE,
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47Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
48Florida:
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50     That the women of Hadassah from the Florida Central,
51Florida Atlantic, Florida Broward, and Greater Miami Regions are
52welcomed by their Representatives on this 19th day of April 2007
53and are commended for their vital role in efforts aimed at
54improving the quality of life of people in Florida and the
55United States, in Israel and Palestine, and elsewhere in the
56world.


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