The above footage was recorded in the 1990's at the Chicago Hilton, and it is of a formal organizational dinner for Keshet, with the key speakers being an unnamed announcer, Carol Marin, Governor of Illinois James "Jim" Edgar, and US Attorney Jim Burns.
0:25Copy video clip URL Governor of Illinois James “Jim” Edgar is introduced at the Chicago Hilton.
0:56Copy video clip URL The announcer (seen, but still unnamed at this point in the footage) states that the formal dinner at the time of this recording, was the “most successful one in Keshet’s history – and probably ranks among the most successful dinners in the country.”
1:22Copy video clip URL The announcer states that the dinner was attended by one-thousand-eight-hundred guests.
1:25Copy video clip URL The announcer states that the dinner was underwritten by the Diamond Insurance Company.
1:34Copy video clip URL The announcer states that the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Keshet at the time was named Tom Stewart.
1:44Copy video clip URL The announcer addresses and commends the following parties as additional sponsors of the dinner: LaSalle National Bank, Jacobs Healthcare Omnicare, Medline Industries, Doctor’s Hospital Hyde Park, Weinstein Family Services, Central Sales, Elliot and Ronnie Robinson (Musicians), and Kenneth and Ronnie Klein.
3:12Copy video clip URL The announcer refers to Keshet as a “Parent’s Organization”.
4:57Copy video clip URL The announcer calls Carol Marin to speak at the podium.
5:32Copy video clip URL Marin begins her speech.
5:39Copy video clip URL Marin mentions that US Attorney Jim Burns was also in attendance at the dinner.
5:56Copy video clip URL Marin mentions that she has a son named Gideon.
6:04Copy video clip URL Marin mentions that her husband’s name is Jonathan – and that she has one other child besides Gideon.
6:08Copy video clip URL Marin states that her two sons are Joshua, aged eleven, and Gideon, aged nine.
6:11Copy video clip URL Marin states that she and her husband are “adoptive parents”.
6:28Copy video clip URL Marin explains part of the administrative process of adoption for prospective parents.
8:42Copy video clip URL Marin mentions that Gideon had a “brain malformation”.
9:52Copy video clip URL Marin mentions that her “internist” is the person that referred her and her husband to Keshet as a way to help Gideon.
10:20Copy video clip URL Marin mentions that Keshet was at the Solomon Schechter School in Northbrook.
10:46Copy video clip URL Marin mentions a woman named Shiela Schwartz.
10:50Copy video clip URL Marin mentions that Schwartz is the Director of Keshet.
13:11Copy video clip URL Marin mentions that Gideon did very well as a student at Keshet.
13:25Copy video clip URL Marin mentions that Gideon took part in the “Third Grade Prayerbook Service”.
16:20Copy video clip URL Marin exits the stage after ending her speech.
17:14Copy video clip URL The announcer reads a letter from US President Bill Clinton to Norm Bobins aloud at the podium.
19:18Copy video clip URL The announcer once again introduces Governor Edgar.
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