Make a difference!
Rabbi Doug
Rabbi Doug Zelden, Rav
Chicago, IL 60645
Dear Friends & Members of Or Menorah,
A bill has been introduced in the Illinois House of Representatives that would repeal Illinois’ decade-old anti-BDS law. We need your help this week to stand with the Jewish community and defeat this repeal effort.
The BDS bill, HB2723, has now been assigned to a committee. Our goal is for the committee to vote against the bill so that it never reaches the House floor. Now is the time to ask the committee members to vote NO on it. Committee members need to know where we stand!
Witness slips are a critical tool to demonstrating public support or opposition to state legislative initiatives, and strength in numbers is essential to making the position of our community clear to state legislators. BDS supporters started submitting witness slips today and we need your help to match them ASAP.
Click this link and use the following instructions to have your voice heard: Witness Slip Submission.
Step 1: Complete the “Identification” section. For “Firm/Business/Agency” put “NA” unless you are representing an organization.
Step 2: Fill out the “Representation” section by entering “Self”
Step 3: Fill out the “Position” section.
- Click the white box that says “Add Legislation” and then select “Original Bill”
- Click the white box that says “Add Position” and then select “Opponent” (Double check to make sure you selected the correct option).
- Click the blue “Add Position” button
Step 4: Fill out the “Testimony” section by clicking only “Record of Appearance Only”
Step 5: Select box next to "I Agree to the ILGA Terms of Agreement"
Step 6: Select “I’m not a robot” and then click “Submit Witness Slip”
That’s it…you’ve registered your opposition to this anti-Israel bill!
Please forward this message to friends, family, colleagues, congregants, etc. The more registered opponents, the better! This is time sensitive – BDS supporters started urging their allies this weekend to submit witness slips in favor of the bill.
Thank you for continuing to support Israel and for standing with the Jewish community!
P.S. Each time the bill is set for a hearing in this committee or elsewhere, we may have to ask you to renew your opposition by completing a new witness slip – the system resets with each hearing.
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