Bill Text: IL HR0428 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizes Claire Maddie Eisenstadt for her work on promoting Jewish identity, combating anti-Semitism, and representing the Jewish community on a global stage. Wishes her continued success in her future endeavors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0428 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HR0428-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to recognize Claire Maddie Eisenstadt for
her efforts to advocate for and fight prejudice against the
Jewish community; and
WHEREAS, Claire Eisenstadt, of Northbrook, is the
granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, and her family are
members of three synagogues; she is currently a student at
Glenbrook North High School, where she is a member of the swim
team, a youth swim instructor, a featured dancer in dance and
musical theater performances, and the first chair trumpet
player of the school band; she was also a student of a
sanctioned Hebrew high school; and
WHEREAS, While attending Glenbrook North High School,
Claire Eisenstadt has developed skills in leadership and
Jewish advocacy; during her study of F. Scott Fitzgerald's
novel The Great Gatsby, she noticed that anti-Semitic tropes
and stereotypes were going unacknowledged in class, which she
brought to the attention of the school administration; through
collaboration with the chair and faculty of the English
Department, she helped advise the revision and amendment of
the curriculum to incorporate discussion of anti-Semitism
within the novel and to educate future English classes on the

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harm anti-Semitism can cause; for her efforts, she was
recognized by Hadassah with a Leaders of Tomorrow Camp
Scholarship Award, announced in the organization's national
magazine and published in Jewish Chicago: The JUF Magazine;
she was also asked to lead the Holocaust Remembrance Assembly
on April 25, 2023 and has expressed plans to also lead the 2024
presentation; and
WHEREAS, Claire Eisenstadt is active in several Jewish
youth groups, including Young Judea, the United Synagogue
Youth (USY), the Bnai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO), and the
National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY); she founded the
Young Judea Chicago Chapter in May 2022 and serves as the
current president; she has previously served as vice president
of USY Jewish Education from August 2022 to June 2023, as vice
president of BBYO Jewish Education from January 2022 to June
2022, and as a member of the NCSY General Board from September
2021 to June 2022; and
WHEREAS, While a sophomore at the Jewish Community Center
(JCC), Claire Eisenstadt was invited to join the American
Jewish Committee (AJC) Leaders For Tomorrow (LFT) youth
leadership program, supported by Congressman Brad Schneider;
in recognition of her incredible contributions to the AJC LFT
program at the JCC, her passion for the Jewish people and
Israel advocacy, her engagement with peers, her ability to

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invoke critical insight and to contribute to a more thoughtful
and enjoyable atmosphere, and her strong grasp of Jewish and
Israeli history and her ability to weave this knowledge
seamlessly into her personal narrative as an advocate, she
received the highly selective invitation to attend the AJC
Global Forum in Tel Aviv Israel in June 2023; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we congratulate Claire Maddie Eisenstadt for her work on
promoting Jewish identity, combating anti-Semitism, and
representing the Jewish community on a global stage, and we
wish her continued success in her future endeavors; and be it
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