96-10175. Jewish Heritage Week, 1996

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 23, 1996)]
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 79 / Tuesday, April 23, 1996 / 
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                Proclamation 6887 of April 19, 1996

                
Jewish Heritage Week, 1996

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                The Jewish experience in America has been a mutually 
                rewarding one for this country and for the Jewish 
                people. Jewish Americans have made great contributions 
                in such fields as the arts and sciences, business, 
                government, law and medicine, enriching America's 
                heritage with the resonant tradition of an ancient 
                people. And America, for its part, has been a land of 
                opportunity for its Jewish citizens.

                In many ways, the Jewish experience is unique, 
                freighted with the anguish of frequent persecution, but 
                ennobled by an unyielding spirit that has always found 
                a way to turn darkness into light. In the crucible of 
                sorrow, the Jewish people have reaffirmed, time and 
                again, the basic human values of faith, community, 
                justice, and hope.

                On the tolerant soil of American democracy, the Jewish 
                people have flourished. We will be forever grateful for 
                the remarkable contributions of our Jewish citizens, 
                and it is fitting that we set aside a week to give 
                thanks for their inestimable gifts and to honor the 
                traditions of their remarkable religion and heritage.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim April 21 through April 28, 
                1996, as Jewish Heritage Week. I call upon the people 
                of the United States to observe this week with 
                appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                nineteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-six, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twentieth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 96-10175
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