[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21653]
[From the U.S. 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 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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