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91_HR0830
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, It is with great pleasure that the members of
3 this Body welcome the opportunity to recognize citizens of
4 this State who have made outstanding contributions and
5 sacrifices to mankind; and
6 WHEREAS, Many American volunteers fought on behalf of the
7 Jewish People for Israel's War of Independence in 1948-49;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, At great personal risk, these men and women
10 offered themselves and their services to assist the Nation of
11 Israel during crucial times; and
12 WHEREAS, There were 4,000 volunteers who went to Israel
13 during its War of Independence in 1948; they came from the
14 United States, Canada, England, and South Africa; many were
15 World War II veterans eager to use their experience to defend
16 the new nation of Israel; and
17 WHEREAS, They served in fourteen branches of the Israel
18 military during the war; ninety percent of the new Israeli
19 air force were Americans; many American and Canadian
20 volunteers manned the ships that brought 35,000 holocaust
21 survivors to Israel; many lost their lives defending Israel
22 in this great struggle for independence; and
23 WHEREAS, Several of the men who volunteered were
24 residents of Chicago: Avrum Israel Weinzweig, David Gutmann,
25 Jules Cubernek, Leonard Sherman, Milton Shulman, Moshe
26 Litoff, Christopher Magee, John McConville, William Lichtman,
27 Albert Brownstein, Dick Cohen, Murray Kaplan, Arnold Kite,
28 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leeds, Nathaniel Ratner, Lyon Sacksner, the
29 late Jack Fox, Martha Fox, Ben-Haggai Steuerman, Baruch J.
30 Rabinowitz, and Manuel Silver; therefore, be it
31 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
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1 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2 we take pleasure in honoring Avrum Israel Weinzweig, David
3 Gutmann, Jules Cubernek, Leonard Sherman, Milton Shulman,
4 Moshe Litoff, Christopher Magee, John McConville, William
5 Lichtman, Albert Brownstein, Dick Cohen, Murray Kaplan,
6 Arnold Kite, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leeds, Nathaniel Ratner, Lyon
7 Sacksner, the late Jack Fox, Martha Fox, Ben-Haggai
8 Steuerman, Baruch J. Rabinowitz, and Manuel Silver for their
9 sacrifice and the service they gave to the Nation of Israel
10 during the War of Independence, and we also honor the
11 courageous men who died flying and fighting for Israel's
12 independence; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
14 presented to those mentioned above.