Jewish History Month proposal up to president: The House of Representatives approved a resolution Thursday calling on the president to proclaim January as Jewish History Month.

Publication: The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Byline: Beth Reinhard, The Miami Herald

Dec. 16--Quick, who was Judith Resnik? If President Bush heeds Thursday's congressional resolution urging him to designate January as Jewish History Month, schoolchildren across the nation may learn that Resnik was the first Jewish-American woman astronaut. She was killed in the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. The Jewish history resolution was sponsored by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Weston Democrat who represents Broward and Miami-Dade counties and happens to be the first Jewish congresswoman from Florida. She envisions classroom instruction, public ceremonies and broadcast announcements similar to those for black and women's history months in...

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