Full Text of HR1268 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Congregation | 4 | | Kneseth Israel on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of its | 5 | | founding; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In 1892, a group of Jewish citizens of Elgin | 7 | | organized a house of worship in the city; the first families | 8 | | were farmers, merchants, and tradesmen; many of these families | 9 | | helped supervise the production of the uniforms in the Chicago | 10 | | garment district for Civil War volunteers; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The congregation worshipped on the second floor of | 12 | | a building in Elgin and called themselves Congregation Tifereth | 13 | | Israel; the name changed to Congregation Kneseth Israel (CKI) | 14 | | when they merged with another local developing group; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The organization has grown to become the religious | 16 | | and cultural home to over 200 families from Elgin, the | 17 | | surrounding Fox Valley, and communities to the east; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Today, as throughout its history, the membership | 19 | | of Congregation Kneseth Israel has contributed significantly | 20 | | to the civic, cultural, educational, medical, commercial, | 21 | | legal, and emotional well-being of all citizens of Elgin and |
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| 1 | | its surrounding communities; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Congregation Kneseth Israel continues to meet the | 3 | | spiritual needs and interests of a diverse and growing Jewish | 4 | | population throughout the Fox River Valley area and the | 5 | | surrounding counties of Kane, McHenry, DuPage, DeKalb, and | 6 | | northwest Cook; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we congratulate Congregation Kneseth Israel on the occasion of | 10 | | the 120th anniversary of its founding; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to Congregation Kneseth Israel as a expression of our | 13 | | esteem and respect.
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