Bruce F. Vento: “I simply want to rise and support this resolution. As we have said that the founding of the modern State, of course, is…”

“I simply want to rise and support this resolution. As we have said that the founding of the modern State, of course, is predicated on the fact that, for 2,000 years, without a physical presence and a nationalism which has come to characterize nation states today, the faith of the people of Israel persisted to such an extent that it has had a positive contribution in so many nations around the world. I doubt that one could find a religious group that has upheld their values, and I would say those values have woven their way into what we characterize as Judeo-Christian tradition. And so the celebration today is really one of recognizing the importance of the individual, the very old but I might say contemporary values that have served our Nation and served the people, mankind, that are so well embraced in the Jewish faith.”