admin | May 15, 2017
JTA Only one religious group in the US has a federally proclaimed month celebrating their history: the Jews. In 2006, President George W. Bush officially declared May as Jewish American Heritage Month
richards | February 10, 2016
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archeological resources.
richards | October 28, 2015
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richards | June 26, 2015
It was a slap in the face to Canadian Jews by anti-Semitic legislators. Or maybe it was a procedural snafu in a ready-to-bolt-for-vacation Parliament.
richards | June 26, 2015
Vice President Biden Acknowledges 'Immense' Jewish Role in American Mass Media and Cultural Life By Mark Weber July 2013 In a remarkable but under-reported address, Vice President Joe Biden recently acknowledged that the immense and outsized Jewish role in the US mass media and cultural life has been the single most important factor in shaping American attitudes over the past century, and in driving major cultural- political changes. Jewish heritage has shaped who we are all of us as much or more than any other factor in the last 223 years.
richards | May 30, 2015
So how did you commemorate Jewish American Heritage Month this May? If you didnt or if you didnt even know such a month existed you are in good company, that of the majority of American Jews
richards | May 16, 2015
Washington, D.C. Congressman Charles B. Rangel, who represents New York's 13th Congressional District that includes Upper Manhattan and part of the Bronx, issued the following statement to celebrate Jewish Heritage Month throughout May: "This May we celebrate Jewish American History Month, to recognize the social, political, and cultural history of America's Jewish community
richards | October 6, 2014
Jewish Heritage Month Thursday, April 10, 2014 On February 23, 2012, the Ontario Legislature passed Bill 17, making the month of May Jewish Heritage Month in the Province. The legislation received strong cross-party support, being introduced by Liberal MPP Mike Colle as a private members bill with co-sponsorship from Peter Shurman of the Progressive Conservative Party and Cheri DiNovo of the NDP. This Bill recognizes and honours the significant contributions of Jewish Canadians to the social, economic, political and cultural fabric across Ontario for more than two centuries.
richards | May 21, 2014
BOL Celebrates Jewish Heritage Month 2014 By: westchestercountybol
richards | May 9, 2014
Israel Independence Day 2014 The month of May is an important time for Jewish-Canadians as we celebrate Yom Ha'zikaron, Yom Ha'atzmaut and Jewish Heritage Month. Having visited Israel an...
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