Proclamation 5798 --
Jewish Heritage Week, 1988
April 20, 1988
By
the President of the United States of
America
A
Proclamation
The
heritage of the Jewish people finds expression in America today just as in the
days of our Founders. During Jewish Heritage Week, we recall that throughout
our history the American people have drawn inspiration from and analogies to
Jewish history. That history -- which in this century alone includes the
horrors of the Holocaust, the establishment of the modern State of Israel, and
the current struggle of Soviet Jewry for freedom -- symbolizes humanity's long
and continuing quest for liberty.
Happily,
the United States, the land of the free,
has become home to a thriving Jewish community whose members have made
inestimable contributions to our national life. Jews have distinguished
themselves in virtually every field, to the benefit of us all. Jewish Heritage
Week, which this year includes April 21, the 40th anniversary of the founding
of Israel, is a fitting occasion for us to study once again the lessons of
Jewish history and to rededicate ourselves to the ideals of freedom for all
peoples.
The
Congress, by House Joint Resolution 527, has designated the period of April 17
through April 24, 1988, as ``Jewish Heritage
Week'' and has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation
in observance of this event.
Now,
Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim the period of April 17
through April 24, 1988, as Jewish Heritage
Week. I call upon the people of the United States, interested
organizations, and Federal, State, and local government officials to observe
this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of April, in
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of
America the two hundred and
twelfth.
Ronald
Reagan
[Filed with the Office
of the Federal Register, 4:39 p.m., April 20, 1988]