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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 493 

Recognizing the significant contributions of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish 

Campus Life to college campus communities in the United States and 

around the world. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 2, 2009 

Mr. KLEIN of Florida (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. HODES, Mr. 

ISRAEL, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. 

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. SESTAK, Mrs. LOWEY, 

Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. MCMAHON, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. KING

of New York, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. 

WEINER, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 

SHERMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 

BERMAN, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. HOLT, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. STEARNS, and Mr. KIRK) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the significant contributions of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life to college campus communities in the United States and around the world. 

Whereas Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life was 

founded at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 

in 1923 and has become the world’s largest Jewish campus organization, serving Jewish college students on over 

500 campuses across the globe; 


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Whereas Hillel has been an important partner to universities 

by providing resources, programs, and other forms of 

support to the entire campus community; 

Whereas Hillel has been at the forefront of breaking down 

discriminatory barriers to students of all backgrounds on 

college campuses for 85 years; 

Whereas Hillel has contributed to the Nation’s preeminence 

in science, industry, and the humanities by helping generations of students attain the dream of higher education; 

Whereas Hillel has contributed to United States history by 

providing armed service personnel with counseling prior 

to World War II, welcoming GIs back to campus following the war, and sponsoring European refugees on 

campuses during and after the war, including the late 

Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Tom 

Lantos; 

Whereas Hillel has educated students about American values 

and has helped them to provide leadership for social justice causes, including the civil rights movement, the campaign to free Soviet Jewry, the effort to stop the genocide 

in Darfur, and the promotion of AIDS Awareness and 

interfaith understanding; 

Whereas Hillel has been at the forefront of educating campuses about Israel, an ally of the United States; 

Whereas Hillel has helped to provide students with the tools 

to combat anti-Semitism on campus; and 

Whereas Hillel continues to contribute enormously to civil society by providing service-learning opportunities for thousands of students in the United States and abroad: Now, 

therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports Hillel’s mission of service to Jew3 ish college students and partnership with the cam4 pus community; and 

5 (2) congratulates the students, lay leaders, and 

6 professionals of the Hillel movement on reaching its 

7 milestone 85th birthday. 

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