Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on April 30, 2013

April 30, 2013

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- President Obama cited the Jewish striving for freedom and the U.S.-Israel bond in his Jewish American Heritage Month declaration.

"Jewish immigrants from all over the world wove newthreads into our cultural fabric with rich traditions andindomitable faith, and their descendants pioneered incredibleadvances in science and the arts," Obama said Tuesday in declaring May as Jewish American Heritage Month. "Teachings from the Torah litthe way toward a more perfect Union, from women's rights toworkers' rights to the end of segregation."

Among other Jewish American contributions, Obama listed "scientists and teachers, public servants and private citizens, wise leadersand loving parents."

He said Americans could see Jewish "accomplishments in every neighborhood, and we see them abroad in our unbreakable bondwith Israel that Jewish Americans helped forge."

Congress legislated Jewish American Heritage Month in 2006 and Obama was the first president, in 2010, to mark it with a celebration.

This year there will be no White House fete because of budget cuts.

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