Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask my colleagues in the House of Representatives to join with me in commemorating the 135th anniversary this year of the oldest Jewish Fraternal Benefit Order in the United States. the Free Sons of Israel. Founded in 1849. the order sprang from a desire among a small group of Jewish immigrants to forge a place for themselves and their families in America. Mr. Speaker. this is a momentous occasion in our history. The Free Sons of Israelan order that has as its cornerstones friendship. social conscience. dignity. and peacehas survived the changing and sometimes adverse economic. political. and cultural eras in this Nation.
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