Remarks by the President at Reception in Honor of Jewish American Heritage Month

4:27 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, hello, hello!  Thank you.  Thank you. (Applause.)  Everybody, thank you.  Please have a seat.  Thank you so much.  Thank you so much.  It is wonderful to see all of you, and I am proud to welcome you to the first ever event held at the White House to honor Jewish American Heritage Month.  (Applause.) 

This is a pretty — pretty fancy group here, pretty distinguished group.  We’ve got senators and representatives. We’ve got Supreme Court justices and successful entrepreneurs, rabbinical scholars, Olympic athletes — and Sandy Koufax.  (Applause.)  Sandy and I actually have something in common — we are both lefties.  (Laughter.)  He can’t pitch on Yom Kippur; I can’t pitch.  (Laughter