The ninth annual national celebration of Jewish Heritage Week has been set for the week of April 21-28. The week, initiated by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York in 1976, is co-sponsored by the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York and the New York City Board of Education. Attorney General Robert Abram is chairman of Jewish Heritage Week. A Concurrent Congressional resolution designating Jewish Heritage Week as a national event has been introduced by Sen. Alfonse D’Amato and Rep. Joseph Addabbo of New York.
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