[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 152 (Tuesday, November 6, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11486-S11487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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    IN RECOGNITION OF THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF THE JEWISH BOOK FAIR

 Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask that the Senate join me today 
in congratulating the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit 
on the occasion of the golden anniversary of the Jewish Book Fair. 
Since 1951, the book fair has nourished the literary appetite of the 
metropolitan Detroit community.
  Along with the Book Fair, the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan 
Detroit has enriched Jewish life and supported Jewish unity in and 
around the Detroit area for 75 years. The Community Center also strives 
to enhance life in the general community and welcomes all those in 
southeast Michigan to take advantage of the Center's facilities and 
programs.
  The Jewish Community Center's Annual Book Fair is the largest and 
oldest in the country, and its programs

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are offered free of charge to the public. This November, 40 authors of 
national and international acclaim will come to the week long fair. 
Participants at this year's fair will include a diverse range of 
authors from noted attorney Robert Shapiro, to the author of the Scooby 
Doo Mysteries, James Gelsey, to Dr. Ruth Westheimer. In addition, the 
fair will offer the largest selection of books by Jewish authors and of 
Jewish content available in the Detroit area. The organizers of the 
fair expect over 20,000 visitors.
  The Jewish Community Center has long enriched the lives of those 
residing throughout southeast Michigan. This year's book fair will 
surely continue this worthy legacy. I trust that my Senate colleagues 
will join me in recognizing The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan 
Detroit on the Occasion of the 50th Annual Book Fair.

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