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92_HR0017
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize significant
4 milestone events in the lives of the citizens of the State of
5 Illinois; and
6 WHEREAS, SHALVA will present the Rodef Shalom (Pursuer of
7 Peace) Award to Blooma Stark in recognition of her service to
8 the Jewish community; and
9 WHEREAS, SHALVA is an organization that exists to
10 increase awareness of domestic abuse in the Jewish community
11 and provides service for Jewish families experiencing abuse;
12 and
13 WHEREAS, Blooma Stark is a partner at the law firm of
14 Rosenthal and Schanfield; she volunteers for organizations
15 that offer the opportunity to "help people in the community
16 who often need the most protection because they cannot
17 protect themselves", and these include SHALVA, Hadassah, and
18 the Council of Jewish Elderly, where she utilizes her
19 expertise in elder care law to help create guidelines for
20 resolving ethical issues; and
21 WHEREAS, Blooma Stark was born in Poland to survivors of
22 the Holocaust; she and her husband, Len Stark, live in the
23 western suburbs of Chicago; and
24 WHEREAS, SHALVA will be hosting its Unity Dinner 2001
25 "Generation to Generation" on January 24, 2001 in which
26 Blooma Stark will be awarded the Rodef Shalom Award for her
27 dedicated service to the Jewish community; therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
29 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
30 we congratulate Blooma Stark for being awarded the Rodef
31 Shalom Award for her dedicated service to the Jewish
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1 community; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to Blooma Stark as an expression of our esteem.