{"id":108,"date":"2010-05-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/05\/jews-celebrate-jewish-american-heritage-month.html"},"modified":"2010-05-03T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T07:00:00","slug":"jews-celebrate-jewish-american-heritage-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/05\/jews-celebrate-jewish-american-heritage-month.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama Proclaims May as Jewish American Heritage Month 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishheritagemonth.gov\/\">Jewish American Heritage Month<\/a>, now in its fifth year. President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/presidential-proclamation-jewish-american-heritage-month\">Obama issued the proclamation Friday<\/a>, noting that just as America has served as a haven for&nbsp;Jewish immigrants, their experience as &#8220;huddled masses yearning to breathe free&#8221; (famous words written for the Statue of Liberty by, appropriately enough,&nbsp;Jewish American poet&nbsp;Emma Lazarus)&nbsp;reminds us &#8220;of our Nation&#8217;s promise as a beacon to all who are denied freedom and opportunity in their native lands.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>(Sounds like a semi-subtle jab at the new Arizona immigration law&#8230; is it just me?)<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/nyblueprint.com\/articles\/view.aspx?id=693\">the launch event<\/a>, here&#8217;s Abby Schwartz, the first-ever national coordinator of Jewish American Heritage Month, presenting the 2004 and 2010 proclamations to Rabbi Hayyim J. Angel and Rabbi Shalom Morris of Congregation Shearith Israel,&nbsp;the first Jewish congregation of North America (established in 1654).<\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-none\" alt=\"BrianNItto55ProductionsLLC 59.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/70\/import\/BrianNItto55ProductionsLLC%2059.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"480\" \/><\/span>For <a href=\"www.jewishamericanheritagemonth.us\">the next four weeks<\/a>, organizers aim to &#8220;raise the national consciousness about the myriad contributions Jewish Americans have made to our country&#8217;s heritage &#8230; through a variety of events and programs nationwide.&#8221; Check back for updates and share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May is Jewish American Heritage Month, now in its fifth year. 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