For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 11, 2005

                        March 11, 2005  

President George W. Bush today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the State of Israel to attend the Inauguration of the Yad Vashem New Holocaust History Museum on March 15, 2005.

The Honorable Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York, will lead the delegation.

Member of Presidential Delegation and Special Representative of the Secretary of State: Professor Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate, Author and Founder of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity

Members of the Presidential Delegation are: The Honorable Daniel Kurtzer, Ambassador of the U.S. to the State of Israel The Honorable Fred S. Zeidman, Chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, Founder and President of Hineni International Mrs. Norma Lerner, Owner of the Cleveland Browns Rabbi Isaac Neuman, Rabbi Emeritus at Sinai Temple

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