[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 5, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 23845-23846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09571]


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                Proclamation 10190 of April 30, 2021

                
Jewish American Heritage Month, 2021

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                The Jewish American experience is a story of faith, 
                fortitude, and progress. It is a quintessential 
                American experience--one that is connected to key 
                tenets of American identity, including our Nation's 
                commitment to freedom of religion and conscience. This 
                month, we honor Jewish Americans--past and present--who 
                have inextricably woven their experience and their 
                accomplishments into the fabric of our national 
                identity.

                Generations of Jewish people have come to this Nation 
                fleeing oppression, discrimination, and persecution in 
                search of a better life for themselves and their 
                children. These Jewish Americans have created lives for 
                themselves and their families and played indispensable 
                roles in our Nation's civic and community life, making 
                invaluable contributions to our Nation through their 
                leadership and achievements.

                And this year, we also recognize two historic firsts, 
                as America saw the Vice President take the oath of 
                office alongside her Jewish spouse, and a Jewish 
                American became the first Majority Leader of the United 
                States Senate and the highest-ranking Jewish American 
                elected official in our Nation's history.

                Alongside this narrative of achievement and 
                opportunity, there is also a history--far older than 
                the Nation itself--of racism, bigotry, and other forms 
                of injustice. This includes the scourge of anti-
                Semitism. In recent years, Jewish Americans have 
                increasingly been the target of white nationalism and 
                the antisemitic violence it fuels.

                As our Nation strives to heal these wounds and overcome 
                these challenges, let us acknowledge and celebrate the 
                crucial contributions that Jewish Americans have made 
                to our collective struggle for a more just and fair 
                society; leading movements for social justice, working 
                to ensure that the opportunities they have secured are 
                extended to others, and heeding the words of the Torah, 
                ``Justice, justice shall you pursue.''

                A central concept in Judaism, ``l'dor v'dor'', or 
                ``from generation to generation,'' recognizes both the 
                continuity of the Jewish people and the 
                intergenerational responsibility we have to heal the 
                world for our children. During Jewish American Heritage 
                Month, we honor Jewish Americans, who, inspired by 
                Jewish values and American ideals, have engaged in the 
                ongoing work of forming a more perfect union.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., 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 2021 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 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 
                twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2021-09571
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