HR 9135

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

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