Salita to celebrate holiday with President Bush

15/12/2006

Salita to celebrate holiday with President Bush

Press Release: The Jewish holiday of Chanukah starts on Friday evening and lasts for eight days. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush have invited unbeaten Brooklyn boxing star Dmitriy Salita to the White House to attend their annual Chanukah Festival Celebration on Monday, December 18th.  The celebration will include the annual Menorah lighting by the President and First Lady, and it will be Dmitriy’s second visit to the White House. Born in Odessa, Ukraine, and now fighting out of Brooklyn after immigrating to the United States with his parents at age nine. Salita is a spiritual young man who practices Orthodox Judaism. The junior welterweight has a record of 26-0-1 with 15 KOs, and he has been dubbed "Star of David." BOXINGTALK WISHES ITS JEWISH READERS A HAPPY CHANUKAH!!