HJR 457

HJR457 193723-2 By Representatives Faulkner, Carns, Jackson, Moore (M), Rogers, Wadsworth, Scott, Tuggle, Hurst, Standridge, South, Ainsworth, Alexander, Baker, Ball, Beckman, Beech, Black, Blackshear, Boothe, Boyd, Bracy, Brown, Buskey, Butler, Chesteen, Chestnut, Clarke, Clouse, Coleman, Collins, Crawford, Daniels, Davis, Drake, Drummond, Ellis, England, Farley, Faust, Fincher, Ford, Forte, Fridy, Garrett, Gaston, Givan, Greer, Grimsley, Hall, Hanes, Harbison, Harper, Henry, Hill, Hollis, Holmes (A), Holmes (M), Howard, Ingram, Johnson (K), Johnson (R), Jones, Knight, Lawrence, Ledbetter, Lee, Lindsey, Lovvorn, Martin, McCampbell, McClammy, McCutcheon, McMillan, Millican, Mooney, Moore (B), Morrow, Nordgren, Pettus, Polizos, Poole, Pringle, Rich, Rowe, Sanderford, Sells, Sessions, Shedd, Shiver, Todd, Treadaway, Warren, Weaver, Whorton (I), Whorton (R), Wilcox, Williams (JD), Williams (JW), Williams (P), Wingo and Wood RFD: First Read: 21-MAR-18 HJR457 ENROLLED, House Joint Resolution, RECOGNIZING ALABAMA YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION ON APRIL 10, 2018. WHEREAS, the Alabama Holocaust Commission will hold its State Yom HaShoah Commemoration on April 10, 2018, at the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama; speaker for the event will be Governor Kay Ivey, and attending Holocaust survivors and Second Generation members will be introduced; and WHEREAS, Yom HaShoah was instituted in Israel in 1951 as a day of commemoration for the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust; and WHEREAS, there is no institutionalized ritual for Yom HaShoah; commemorations may include synagogue services, communal vigils, and educational programs; lighting memorial candles and reciting prayers for the departed are generally part of the solemn ceremony; and WHEREAS, the Alabama Holocaust Commission was established by legislation in 1999 to foster understanding and promote education about the Holocaust; our good friend and colleague, Representative David Faulkner of Jefferson County, is an active member of this commission; and WHEREAS, among the duties of the Alabama Holocaust Commission is the responsibility to enhance public awareness HJR457 of the consequences and significance of the Holocaust; the enabling act of the Commission states that it is the policy of the State of Alabama that Holocaust education is the proper concern of all peoples; and WHEREAS, events such as the 2018 Yom HaShoah Commemoration are consistent with the mission of the Alabama Holocaust Commission providing Holocaust education and focusing on citizen involvement in this commemoration; now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That on this momentous occasion of the Yom HaShoah Commemoration sponsored by the Alabama Holocaust Commission on April 10, 2018, we recognize and honor the memory of the lives lost in the Holocaust, and by copy of this resolution prepared for appropriate presentation and display, we recognize this solemn occasion as one to enhance public awareness of the consequences and significance of the Holocaust. HJR457 Speaker of the House of Representatives President and Presiding Officer of the Senate House of Representatives I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and was adopted by the House 21-MAR-18. Jeff Woodard Clerk Senate 27-MAR-18 Adopted