Illinois SR 258: SB 1132-SUPPORT/OPPOSE

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SR0258LRB104 13288 ECR 25525 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, During Jewish American Heritage Month, it is 

3fitting for Illinoisans to commemorate and celebrate the 

4essential contributions, sacrifices, and accomplishments that 

5Jewish Americans have made and continue to make in the State; 

6and

7 WHEREAS, Jewish American history spans more than 350 

8years, dating back to the colonial era, and is woven through 

9every part of American history to the present day; and

10 WHEREAS, Jewish people played an integral role in 

11supporting American independence and the religious freedom 

12guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution; and

13 WHEREAS, In the mid-1800s, a wave of German Jewish 

14immigrants, fleeing persecution and economic hardship in 

15search of safety and new opportunity, arrived in the United 

16States; this wave of immigration led to the expansion of 

17Jewish communities across the nation; and

18 WHEREAS, In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Jewish 

19immigration to the United States increased in response to 

20rising antisemitism in Europe and particularly in response to 

21the pogroms in the Russian Empire; more than two million 

SR0258- 2 -LRB104 13288 ECR 25525 r

1Eastern European Jewish people immigrated to the United States 

2during this time, and these and other immigrants were welcomed 

3by Jewish American Emma Lazarus' poem "The New Colossus" that 

4is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty; and

5 WHEREAS, Beginning in the 1920s, restrictive immigration 

6policies stemmed the flow of new immigrants to the United 

7States, leading to the United States' tragic refusal to accept 

8refugees from Nazi Germany, leaving many unable to escape the 

9Holocaust; and

10 WHEREAS, Jewish Americans and Je