[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 74 (Monday, April 19, 1999)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 99-9897]


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 The President

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                Proclamation 7183 of April 14, 1999

                
Jewish Heritage Week, 1999

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Nearly 350 years have passed since the first Jewish 
                settlers arrived in America. The sons and daughters of 
                a proud and ancient heritage, they brought to this new 
                land gifts that have enriched our national life 
                tremendously: a deep faith in God, a strong sense of 
                morality, a devotion to family and community, a thirst 
                for freedom, a reverence for justice, and a long 
                tradition of philanthropy.

                Millions of Jews have shared the American immigrant 
                experience. Many came here fleeing poverty and 
                persecution, yearning for religious or political 
                freedom, seeking a better life for themselves and their 
                families. Investing their dreams, ambitions, labor, and 
                love in our country, Jewish immigrants overcame great 
                obstacles to rise as far as their talents and effort 
                could take them. Today their descendants continue to 
                make extraordinary contributions to the cultural, 
                economic, religious, and intellectual life of our 
                Nation. In education, the arts, politics, the law, 
                science, entertainment, technology, philanthropy, 
                industry, and every other field of endeavor, Jewish men 
                and women have excelled in their pursuits and 
                strengthened America with their character and 
                accomplishments.

                As we look forward to a new century and a new 
                millennium, let us give thanks for all that the Jewish 
                community in America has done to keep our Nation free, 
                strong, and prosperous. Let us celebrate the freedom of 
                religion guaranteed by our founders in the Bill of 
                Rights, which has done so much to attract men and women 
                of conscience to this land. Let us recognize that our 
                country's great diversity of races, religions, 
                ethnicities, and cultures will prove to be among our 
                greatest strengths in the global community of tomorrow. 
                And let us reaffirm our sacred obligation to build a 
                future based upon a spirit of tolerance, respect, and 
                understanding.

                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 18 through April 25, 
                1999, as Jewish Heritage Week. I urge all Americans to 
                observe this week with appropriate programs, 
                ceremonies, and activities.

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

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 99-9897
Filed 4-16-99; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P