President Biden today issued a Proclamation (full text) declaring May 2022 as Jewish American Heritage Month. The Proclamation reads in part:
The Jewish American story, and the story of our Nation as a whole, is fueled by faith, resilience, and hope. It is a story defined by a firm belief in possibilities, the resolve to make real the promise of America for all Americans, and a commitment to perfecting our Union, heeding the timeless words of Rabbi Tarfon, the first-century scholar who taught “It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it.”
An interesting sidelight: Typically Presidential Proclamations end with the date of the Proclamation. The year is routinely set out, for example, as: "in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-sixth." The Jewish American Heritage Month Proclamation omits the phrase "in the year of our Lord, recognizing the Christian nature of that reference.
