IV 
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. WAX-
MAN, 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 In-
diana, 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 Foun-
dation for Jewish Campus Life to college campus com-
munities 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 cam-
pus 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 gen-
erations of students attain the dream of higher edu-
cation; 
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 fol-
lowing 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 jus-
tice causes, including the civil rights movement, the cam-
paign 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 cam-
puses 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 so-
ciety by providing service-learning opportunities for thou-
sands of students in the United States and abroad: Now, 
therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports Hillel’s mission of service to Jew-
ish college students and partnership with the cam-
pus community; and 
(2) congratulates the students, lay leaders, and 
professionals of the Hillel movement on reaching its 
milestone 85th birthday. 
Æ 
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