[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 3926-3927]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE WEST POINT JEWISH CHAPEL CADET CHOIR

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                        HON. THEODORE E. DEUTCH

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 11, 2016

  Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the West Point 
Jewish Chapel Cadet Choir, who will soon perform at the B'nai Torah 
Congregation in Boca Raton, Florida.
  From the over half a million Jewish Americans who have served in the 
armed services since World War II to Simon Levy who was one of the two 
original West Point Class of 1802, Jewish Americans have a rich history 
of service in our Armed Forces. The West Point Jewish Chapel Cadet 
Choir honors that history and ensures that the contributions of Jewish 
Americans are not overlooked.
  The choir consists of members from all four classes at the academy 
and has both men and women participants. The choir is an extension of 
the active Jewish body at the Academy; there are between 70 and 80 
Jewish cadets at West Point. Next year, West Point is set to graduate 
its 1,000th Jewish cadet.
  For more than 65 years, the choir has performed at West Point 
community services and, by invitation, to congregations throughout the

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United States. Since its inception in 1947, cadets have had the 
opportunity to experience other facets of Judaism through participation 
in other congregations and events around the country. Every year they 
perform at the White House during the Holiday festivities, and most 
recently, performed at the United Nations ceremony commemorating the 
Holocaust.
  I join the B'nai Torah Congregation in welcoming these twenty five 
extraordinary men and women to the synagogue on April 8th.

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