Benediction at the Dedication of a Synagogue in the Tri-Faith Chapels Plaza of JFK Airport by Rabbi Israel Mowshowitz (18 December 1966)

This is Rabbi Israel Mowshowitz’s benediction at the dedication of a “Tri-Faith Chapel Plaza” at JFK Airport terminal in Jamaica-Queens, New York on 18 December 1966, representing the New York Board of Rabbis.

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Homes & Community Centers

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., dedications and consecrations

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Israel Mowshowitz

Invocation by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver at the Republican National Convention (9 July 1952)

This is the full invocation offered by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, on 9 July 1952, as reported in an otherwise unidentified newspaper clipping titled, “Prayer for Guidance: Rabbi Silver Asks Blessing on Throng.” An abridged form of this prayer was published in the Jewish Independent, on Friday 11 July 1952.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Republican National Convention 1952, Republican National Conventions

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Abba Hillel Silver

Public Repetition of the Shaḥarit Amidah for the First Day of Pesaḥ, by Rabbi Max Landsberg (1884)

This is Rabbi Max Landsberg’s public repetition of the shaḥarit festival amidah for the first day of Pesaḥ as found in his Ritual for Jewish Prayer (1884), pp. 21-28 and pp. 38-41.

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Pesaḥ Yamei Ḥag

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Public Amidah

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Max Landsberg