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2023 —⟶ Page 5 Blessings and Ethics: The Spiritual Life of Justice, a dvar tefillah on berakhot by Rabbi Dr. Joshua Gutoff (1997)An article looking at the questions of why there aren’t brakhot for ethical mitsvot, in which an approach to the function brakhot as part of a spiritual and imaginative discipline is proposed. At the same time, it is argued that all ethical practices are first exercises in listening. . . . Categories: Pedagogical Essays on Jewish Prayer These are the lyrics of the song, Miryam haNevi’ah, written by rabbis Leila Gal Berner and Arthur Waskow (with Hebrew by Leila Gal Berner) as found published in My People’s Prayer Book, vol. 7: Shabbat at Home, (ed. L. Hoffman, 1997), section 3, p. 189. The English lyrics are from an article published several years earlier — “Memories of a Jewish Lesbian Evening” by Roger McDougle appearing in Bridges (vol. 4:1, Winter/Spring 1994), on the top of page 58. No specific date is given for the havdalah program described in the article, alas. If you know the earliest reference for the publication or use of Miryam haNevi’ah, please contact us. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Rachmiel Liberman on 13 May 1992The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 May 1992. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 2 April 1992. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 20 February 1992. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 7 November 1991. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Chaplain Jonathan A. Panitz on 16 October 1991The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 16 October 1991. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 16 October 1991. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 12 June 1991. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 14 May 1991. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 8 May 1991. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 20 March 1991. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 19 March 1991. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Jay Marcus on 13 September 1990The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 September 1990. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Irving Spielman on 12 September 1990The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 12 September 1990. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arthur Schneier on 8 May 1990The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 8 May 1990. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi David Saltzman on 6 September 1990The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 6 September 1990. . . . “[I’m Spending] Hanukkah in Santa Monica” by Tom Lehrer was first written at the request of Garrison Keillor for his radio show The American Radio Company on which it was performed twice, in 1990 and 1992. The song was later released on the album, Bible & Beyond (Larry Milder, 1999). The first recording of Tom Lehrer singing his song can be heard on The Remains of Tom Lehrer (Disc 3) (2000). In 2022, Tom Lehrer gave an enormous Ḥanukkah present to the world, dedicating his entire oeuvre to the Public Domain including this song. . . . Categories: Ḥanukkah 💬 Proklamation der Grundrechte der Tiere | Proclamation of Fundamental Animal Rights | Proclamation des Droits Fondamentaux de L’animal (Die Grünen Bundesarbeitsgruppe “Mensch und Tier,” April 1989)A Proclamation of Fundamental Animal Rights drafted by the West German Green Party in 1989 upon the 200th anniversary of the “Declaration of the Rights of Man” (1789), in German with translations in English, French, and Portuguese. . . . Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., animals, civil declarations and charters, English Translation, French translation, liberty, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), Portuguese translation, שבע מצות בני נח Seven Noaḥide Commandments, צער באלי חיים tsa'ar baalei ḥayyim Contributor(s): die Grünen [Bundesarbeitsgruppe "Mensch und Tier"] and Aharon N. Varady (transcription) The Universal Declaration of Animal Rights (UDAR) was first proclaimed in Paris on 15 October 1978 at the headquarters of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) with the ambition of it being formally adopted in the United Nations General Assembly. The French League of Animal Rights spurred the development of a revised text written during the General Assembly of the International League of Animal Rights, held June 3–4, 1989 in Luxembourg, and adopted on October 21, 1989. The declaration was submitted to the UNESCO Director General in 1990 however it has never been formally adopted. . . . | ||
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