[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 25643-25644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10448]


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                Proclamation 9109 of April 30, 2014

                
Jewish American Heritage Month, 2014

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                For thousands of years, the Jewish people have 
                sustained their identity and traditions, persevering in 
                the face of persecution. Through generations of 
                enslavement and years of wandering, through forced 
                segregation and the horrors of the Holocaust, they have 
                maintained their holy covenant and lived according to 
                the Torah. Their pursuit of freedom brought multitudes 
                to our shores, and today our country is the proud home 
                to millions of Jewish Americans. This month, let us 
                honor their tremendous contributions--as scientists and 
                artists, as activists and entrepreneurs. And let all of 
                us find inspiration in a story that speaks to the 
                universal human experience, with all of its suffering 
                and all of its salvation.

                This history led many Jewish Americans to find common 
                cause with the Civil Rights Movement. African Americans 
                and Jewish Americans marched side-by-side in Selma and 
                Montgomery. They boarded buses for Freedom Rides 
                together, united in their support of liberty and human 
                dignity. These causes remain just as urgent today. 
                Jewish communities continue to confront anti-Semitism--
                both around the world and, as tragic events mere weeks 
                ago in Kansas reminded us, here in the United States. 
                Following in the footsteps of Jewish civil rights 
                leaders, we must come together across all faiths, 
                reject ignorance and intolerance, and root out hatred 
                wherever it exists.

                In celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month, we also 
                renew our unbreakable bond with the nation of Israel. 
                It is a bond that transcends politics, a partnership 
                built on mutual interests and shared ideals. Our two 
                countries are enriched by diversity and faith, fueled 
                by innovation, and ruled not only by men and women, but 
                also by laws. As we continue working in concert to 
                build a safer, more prosperous, more tolerant world, 
                may our friendship only deepen in the years to come.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim May 2014 as Jewish 
                American Heritage Month. I call upon all Americans to 
                visit www.JewishHeritageMonth.gov to learn more about 
                the heritage and contributions of Jewish Americans and 
                to observe this month, the theme of which is healing 
                the world, with appropriate programs, activities, and 
                ceremonies.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of April, in the year two thousand 
                fourteen, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and thirty-eighth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2014-10448
Filed 5-5-14; 8:45 am]
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