Full Text of HR0428 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Claire Maddie Eisenstadt for | 4 | | her efforts to advocate for and fight prejudice against the | 5 | | Jewish community; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Claire Eisenstadt, of Northbrook, is the | 7 | | great-granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, and her family are | 8 | | members of three synagogues; she is currently a student at | 9 | | Glenbrook North High School, where she is a member of the swim | 10 | | team, a youth swim instructor, a featured dancer in dance and | 11 | | musical theater performances, and the first chair trumpet | 12 | | player of her school band; she was also a student of a | 13 | | sanctioned Hebrew high school; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, While attending Glenbrook North High School, | 15 | | Claire Eisenstadt developed skills in leadership and Jewish | 16 | | advocacy; during her study of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The | 17 | | Great Gatsby, she noticed that anti-Semitic tropes and | 18 | | stereotypes were going unacknowledged in class, which she | 19 | | brought to the attention of the school administration; through | 20 | | collaboration with the chair and faculty of the English | 21 | | Department, she advised the revision and amendment of the | 22 | | curriculum to incorporate discussion of anti-Semitism within | 23 | | the novel and to educate future English classes on the harm |
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| 1 | | anti-Semitism can cause; for her efforts, she was recognized | 2 | | by Hadassah with a Leaders of Tomorrow Camp Scholarship Award, | 3 | | announced in the organization's national magazine and | 4 | | published in Jewish Chicago: The JUF Magazine; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, In August 2022, Claire was asked to plan, | 6 | | organize, and lead the Holocaust Remembrance Assembly that | 7 | | would take place at Glenbrook North High School in April 2023; | 8 | | she was instrumental in the management and production of this | 9 | | event, providing significant knowledge and content; under her | 10 | | leadership, the event was an overwhelming success, being | 11 | | featured in a press release and subsequent lead story in | 12 | | Glenbrook High School District 225's quarterly newsletter; she | 13 | | will lead the presentation scheduled for April 2024; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Claire Eisenstadt is active in several Jewish | 15 | | youth groups, including Young Judea, United Synagogue Youth | 16 | | (USY), Bnai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO), and National | 17 | | Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY); she founded the Young | 18 | | Judea Chicago Chapter in May 2022 and serves as the current | 19 | | president; she served as vice president of USY Jewish | 20 | | Education from August 2022 to June 2023, as vice president of | 21 | | BBYO Jewish Education from January 2022 to June 2022, and as a | 22 | | member of the NCSY General Board from September 2021 to June | 23 | | 2022; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, While a sophomore, Claire Eisenstadt was invited | 2 | | to join the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Leaders For | 3 | | Tomorrow (LFT) youth leadership program, supported by | 4 | | Congressman Brad Schneider; in recognition of her incredible | 5 | | contributions to the AJC LFT program, her passion for the | 6 | | Jewish people and Israel advocacy, her engagement with peers, | 7 | | her ability to invoke critical insight and contribute to a | 8 | | more thoughtful and enjoyable atmosphere, and her strong grasp | 9 | | of Jewish and Israeli history and ability to weave this | 10 | | knowledge seamlessly into her personal narrative as an | 11 | | advocate, she received the highly selective invitation to | 12 | | attend the AJC Global Forum in Tel Aviv Israel in June 2023; | 13 | | therefore, be it | 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we congratulate Claire Maddie Eisenstadt for her work on | 17 | | promoting Jewish identity, combating anti-Semitism, and | 18 | | representing the Jewish community on a global stage, and we | 19 | | wish her continued success in her future endeavors; and be it | 20 | | further | 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Claire Eisenstadt as an expression of our esteem | 23 | | and respect. |
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