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Proclamation on Jewish American Heritage Month, 2020
whitehouse.gov ^ | April 29, 2020 | President Donald J Trump

Posted on 05/01/2020 6:49:29 AM PDT by ransomnote

In 1654, the first Jewish settlers arrived in New Amsterdam, present day New York City, seeking the freedom to practice their faith.  In the centuries since, Jewish Americans have contributed in countless ways to our country’s culture and character.  From the arts and sciences to business and public service, nearly every facet of our society has benefitted from the talent, inspiration, vision, expertise, ingenuity, and sacrifice of Jewish Americans.  We honor their spirit and resiliency during Jewish American Heritage Month and celebrate the myriad of ways they enrich our country and the world.

Throughout history, the Jewish people have demonstrated an unbreakable spirit, overcoming suffering, cruel oppression, violence, and bigotry.  Tragically, Jewish men, women, and children continue to face anti-Semitic discrimination, persecution, and violence today, and Jewish institutions and places of worship remain targets of vandalism and destruction.  Our country has wept too many times in the aftermaths of horrific attacks, including last April when a murderer opened fire in a synagogue in Poway, California, taking innocent life and shattering families in a cowardly display of evil.  Such unconscionable acts are an abomination to all decent and compassionate people.  Hatred is intolerable and has no place in our hearts or in our society.  We must therefore vigorously confront anti-Semitic discrimination and violence against members of the Jewish community.  That is why I signed an Executive Order last December, bolstering my Administration’s efforts to combat the rise of anti-Semitism in the United States and build a culture of respect, humanity, and equality.

This month, we reaffirm our commitment to never compromise our steadfast support for the Jewish community, our rejection of anti-Semitic bigotry, and our disdain for malicious attacks of hatred.  Jewish Americans strengthen, sustain, and inspire our country through dedication to family, respect for cherished traditions, and commitment to the values of justice and equality that unite Americans of every faith and background.  We give thanks for the profound contributions that Jewish Americans continue to make to our society, and way of life.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 2020 as Jewish American Heritage Month.  I call upon Americans to celebrate the heritage and contributions of American Jews and to observe this month with appropriate programs, activities, and ceremonies.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.

DONALD J. TRUMP



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To: Eleutheria5

Totally feasible with today’s technology.

Large satellite, in orbit between the Earth and Moon, projector facing the Moon.


21 posted on 05/01/2020 7:54:07 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Jewbacca

And then there’s the dark side of the moon. There may well be an interplanetary market that has yet to be tapped. We could have one big sign saying: “Juiciest Brains, Best Slaves, 34,000 Miles” or “Want an Easy Conquest? Our Puny Weapons Are No Match for your Superior Intellect. Contact Sal. 1-800...”


22 posted on 05/01/2020 7:56:13 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.Ar)
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To: Jewbacca

Excellent! Why settle for an international Jooo! conspiracy. Look to the stars.


23 posted on 05/01/2020 7:58:28 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.Ar)
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Personally I think these designations are silly.

Heritage Month Guide

Month
Heritage Celebrated
January
None to date
African American History Month
National National Women’s History Month, Irish-American Heritage Month
April
March 13 to April 15 is National Deaf History Month
Asian Pacific American Heritage, Older Americans Month and Jewish American Heritage Month
Gay Lesbian Pride Month
July
None to date
August
None to date
National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
National Disability Employment Awareness Month and National Italian American Heritage Month
National American Indian Heritage Month
None to date; are two international commemorations

24 posted on 05/06/2020 7:34:08 AM PDT by SJackson (Suppose you were an idiot, suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself, Mark Twain)
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To: SJackson

Well, I’m excited about celebrating this this May’s month events. Particularly the Jewish-American festivities.

Seriously, how are people supposed to celebrate these months? I know that black American month to self is it quite a bit, particularly in primary schools, but other than that, what is there? There will definitely be no celebrating of the Jewish people. And my gosh, it will be absolutely zero celebrating of actual Jewish people, living in Israel. Nope, we cannot have that. It just wouldn’t be prudent. /sarc


25 posted on 05/06/2020 8:03:12 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (President Trump is never wrong! What a smart, hard-working, energetic man he is.)
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To: Jewbacca

Yes! What an awesome idea! Let us bring the Jewish people and the Muslim people together, where they can live in harmony, at the edge of a rainbow, or they will all share happily in the endless pots of gold.


26 posted on 05/06/2020 8:05:17 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (President Trump is never wrong! What a smart, hard-working, energetic man he is.)
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To: SJackson

See how there are no German times?

Beyond the English baseline, the biggest immigrant group EVER, over the ENTIRE republic, the biggest cultural influence, the biggest genetic influence.

Not one recognition OR chest-thumping. (Yeah, it goes both ways - many are because of the “I’m a big deal” arrogant braggadocio.)


27 posted on 05/06/2020 8:53:41 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: Eleutheria5

Eh...huh?


28 posted on 05/06/2020 9:01:06 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: Eleutheria5

Irish are the original PCers. They have a whole day (which should be a Saint’s day, as in Ireland) and have had so for a century+ complete with very public parades.

Lots of falsehoods there, punctuated by the control and corruption Irish had EARLY with Tammany Hall in NYC.


29 posted on 05/06/2020 9:04:30 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

I was mostly making fun of heritage months and heritage days, and what a crock it is, not the Irish per se. Made utterly blasphemous fun of Jewish heritage month, and I’m Jewish. I appreciate what Trump was doing by his proclamations, but proclamations of special ethnic months themselves are fundamentally ridiculous.


30 posted on 05/06/2020 9:11:38 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: Jewbacca

It was a GW Bush and Arlen Spector idea.


31 posted on 05/06/2020 9:16:00 AM PDT by jjotto (“Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.”)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

They introduced bowling, and picnics, and taverns, and lager beer, and accordians and covered wagons. What’s not to like about Germans. Why, they even were put in internment camps during both world wars, but only those actually born in Germany. As for the Japanese, they stuck all the yellow devils in there during WW II, but still it wasn’t nice to do that to the Germans, even to that limited extent. And so they should get reparations. Mach schnell!


32 posted on 05/06/2020 9:21:15 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: ransomnote

what no white people month? No albino aborigine and midget bowlers month? No Hirsute syndrome day? BLASPHEMY! hash tag me-me-me-me toooooo


33 posted on 05/06/2020 10:19:57 AM PDT by Karliner (Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28 Isa 17 "This is the end of the beginning" W Churchill)
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To: Eleutheria5

We can definitely agree.

I’m sick of all this balkanization. It’s childish as well as seeming a bit insecure and also boastful.

I’m a woman, BTW, and I don’t feel any great need to talk “women’s history”. Esp. when I know it will be celebrations of LIBERAL (commie/socialist/forerunners) women.


34 posted on 05/06/2020 10:19:58 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: Eleutheria5

Much of our Christmas exhuberance comes from the German side. Authentic colonial “English” Christmases will not actually feature that much decoration or anything.

Interesting about internment camps; I’d like to know more but basically what I get is that Germans and Italians were also due to go to camps. Probably like you said, natives, but either way it ended up limited (probably partly it wasn’t easy to pick them out - wonder if any Chinese in CA got camped). My mom’s family (or dad’s - totally different locales) NOR her best-friend Italian family never had any trouble in WWII. There was more “discrimination” in WWI against mom’s family meat plant.


35 posted on 05/06/2020 10:24:10 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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