“Ʝehovah” was written by Israel Zangwill and first published in his collection of poetry, Blind Children (1903), pp. 132-133.

“Seder-Night” was written by Israel Zangwill and first published in his collection of poetry, Blind Children (1903), p. 117.

“The Hebrew’s Friday Night (After Burns)” was written by Israel Zangwill and first published in his collection of poetry, Blind Children (1903), pp. 114-116.

This translation of Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik’s “Shabbat ha-Malkah” by Israel Meir Lask can be found on pages 280-281 in the Sabbath Prayer Book (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1945) where it appears as “Greeting to Queen Sabbath.” The poem is based on the shabbat song, “Shalom Alekhem” and first published in the poetry collection, Hazamir, in 1903. I have made a faithful transcription of the Hebrew and its English translation as it appears in the Sabbath Prayer Book. The first stanza of Lask’s translation was adapted from an earlier translation made by Angie Irma Cohon and published in 1920 in Song and Praise for Sabbath Eve (1920), p. 87. (Cohon’s translation of Bialik’s second stanza of “Shabbat ha-Malkah” does not appear to have been adapted by Lask.)

The poem, “Im Shamesh” (At Sunrise) by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik in June 1903.

A bilingual Hebrew-English maḥzor for Rosh haShanah, nusaḥ sefarad, with a translation for Rabbi David de Aaron de Sola, revised and edited by Moses Gaster.

A Selection of Prayers, Psalms, and Other Scriptural Passages, and Hymns… (Jewish Religious Union 1903) is the expanded second, revised provisional edition of the nascent Jewish Religious Union of London, the pioneering Liberal (Reform movement) congregation in the United Kingdom.

This prayer for a pluralism respecting religious and philosophical differences, first appears in A Selection of Prayers, Psalms, and Other Scriptural Passages, and Hymns for Use at the Services of the Jewish Religious Union (1902), where it is №7 on page 6. (In the revised 1903 edition of the prayerbook, it is №20 on page 20.)

This prayer for communal prayer first appears in A Selection of Prayers, Psalms, and Other Scriptural Passages, and Hymns for Use at the Services of the Jewish Religious Union (1902), where it is №5 on page 6.

This prayer for the wellbeing of the Jewish people first appears in A Selection of Prayers, Psalms, and Other Scriptural Passages, and Hymns for Use at the Services of the Jewish Religious Union (1902), where it is №6 on page 6. (In the revised 1903 edition of the prayerbook, it is №19 on page 19.)

This Reform movement catechism by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy was first published as “Our Creed” in The Children’s Service for Use in Religious Schools (1902). In the second edition from 1904, it is found on page 207. There, Rabbi Levy’s verse is described as a “translation,” which from the credit of the melody to “Leoni” (Meyer Lyon, 1751-1797) might lead one to consider it a revised Reform movement adaptation of some setting of Thomas Oliver’s “God of Abraham” (ca. 1771, itself a Christian adaptation of Daniel ben Yehudah Dayyan’s “Yigdal”). A cross-comparison however reveals this is not the case. Over at the Hymnology Archive, Chris Fenner uncovered a rhymed English derivation of Yigdal by Newton Mann (1836-1926) made at the request of Rabbi Max Landsberg (1845-1927).

“Trustfulness” by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy was first published in The Children’s Service for Use in Religious Schools (1902). In the second edition from 1904, it is found on page 223.

“Onward!”, a hymn by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy was first published in The Children’s Service for Use in Religious Schools (1902). In the second edition from 1904, it is found on page 217.

“A Prayer” by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy was first published in The Children’s Service for Use in Religious Schools (1902). In the second edition from 1904, it is found on page 209.

“The Passover” by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy was first published in The Children’s Service for Use in Religious Schools (1902). In the second edition from 1904, it is found on page 227.

The Children’s Service for Use in Religious Schools (1902) is Rabbi J. Leonard Levy’s prayerbook compiled for the religious school at Congregation Rodeph Shalom, a Reform movement synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The siddur is comprised of four children’s services and twenty supplemental services for special days on the calendar. A hymnal comprises a third section. This is the second revised edition of the prayerbook, printed in 1904, containing additional services and hymns.

A prayerbook compiled for Rodeph Shalom, a Reform movement congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

A Selection of Prayers, Psalms, and Other Scriptural Passages, and Hymns for Use at the Services of the Jewish Religious Union, London (1902) is the original “provisional” edition of the nascent Jewish Religious Union of London, the pioneering Liberal (Reform movement) congregation in the United Kingdom.

A popular 20th century piyyut.

A bilingual Hebrew-English siddur, nusaḥ sefarad, with a translation for Rabbi David de Aaron de Sola, revised and edited by Moses Gaster.

The invocation offered at the opening of the Democratic National Convention in Kansas City in 1900.

The poem “Tsafririm” (1900) by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik with an English translation by Ben Aronin.

This untitled “Evening Meditation” was written by Annie Josephine Levi and published in her anthology of teḥinot in English, Meditations of the Heart (1900), pp. 108-109.

“In Sickness” was written by Annie Josephine Levi and published in her anthology of teḥinot in English, Meditations of the Heart (1900), page 147.

“On the loss of a beloved one (in the evening)” was written by Annie Josephine Levi and published in her anthology of teḥinot in English, Meditations of the Heart (1900), pp. 156-157.

“In Time of Trouble” was written by Annie Josephine Levi and published in her anthology of teḥinot in English, Meditations of the Heart (1900), page 146.

“On the loss of a beloved one (in the morning)” was written by Annie Josephine Levi and published in her anthology of teḥinot in English, Meditations of the Heart (1900), pp. 148-149.

This untitled “morning mediation,” a waking prayer, was written by Dinah Julia Levi née Emanuel and included by her daughter, Annie Josephine Levi, in her anthology of teḥinot in English, Meditations of the Heart (1900), pp. 56-57.

This untitled “Evening Meditation for the Young,” a bedtime prayer, was written by Annie Josephine Levi and published in her anthology of teḥinot in English, Meditations of the Heart (1900), page 137.

This untitled “evening mediation,” a bedtime prayer, was written by Dinah Julia Levi née Emanuel and included by her daughter, Annie Josephine Levi, in her anthology of teḥinot in English, Meditations of the Heart (1900), pp. 74-75.

The poem “Unsung Heroism” was written by Annie Josephine Levi and published in her anthology of teḥinot in English, Meditations of the Heart (1900), page 141.

Meditation of the Heart: A Book of Private Devotion for Young and Old (1900) is a collection of teḥinot in English, selected, arranged, and written by Annie Josephine Levi. The introduction was written by the Rabbi Gustav Gottheil. We know very little else about Levi save that she contributed short stories, poems, and essays to periodicals and was active from 1895-1905. (If you know more about her, please contact us.)

The piyyut, Ma Navu Alei, in Hebrew with an English translation.

A piyyut in honor of the Torah.

The popular table song calling for the redemption of the Messianic age in Tsiyon.

This is the traveling song Gerer Chassidim would sing on their way to see the Gerrer Rebbe in Góra Kalwaria, Poland before World War Ⅱ.

A digital reproduction of a Shiviti held in the Royal Library of Denmark’s Simonsen Manuscripts Collection.

“A Tkhine for a Kaleh before the Khupe” by an unknown author is a faithful transcription of the version published in Rokhl m’vakoh al boneho (Rokhel Weeps for her Children), Vilna, 1910. I have transcribed it without any changes from The Merit of Our Mothers בזכות אמהות A Bilingual Anthology of Jewish Women’s Prayers, compiled by Rabbi Tracy Guren Klirs, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1992. shgiyot mi yavin, ministarot nakeni.

The piyyut, Refa Tsiri, in Hebrew with an English translation.

A piyyut and table song for Shabbat by the chief rabbi of the Ottoman Empire.

This “Washington Anniversary Prayer” was offered by Rabbi Edward Nathan Calisch during the Masonic ceremonies at Mt. Vernon, 18 December 1899, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of George Washington’s death. Rabbi Calisch published it in his autobiography, Three Score and Twenty (1945), pp. 47-48.

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 February 1899.

This is a fragment of a prayer offered before the United States Senate on 30 June 1898 by Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger, rabbi of Temple Emanuel and professor of Semitic Languages at the University of California, San Francisco.

“From Psalm Ⅳ” by Alice Montefiore Lucas was written for “Sabbath—Ⅼ,” (i.e., Shabbat parashat Ki Tétsei) and first published in her collection of prayers, The Jewish Year (1898), p. 107.

“Souls of the Righteous” by Alice Montefiore Lucas was written for “Sabbath—ⅩⅬⅦ,” (i.e., Shabbat parashat Éqev) and first published in her collection of prayers, The Jewish Year (1898), p. 103.

“Faith” by Alice Montefiore Lucas was written for “Sabbath—ⅩⅩⅩⅥ,” (i.e., Shabbat parashat Naso) and first published in her collection of prayers, The Jewish Year (1898), p. 84.

“Yea, More Than They” by Alice Montefiore Lucas was written for “Sabbath—ⅩⅬⅣ,” (i.e., Shabbat parashat Mas’ei) and first published in her collection of prayers, The Jewish Year (1898), p. 98.

“The Peace of God” by Alice Montefiore Lucas was written for “Sabbath—ⅩⅩⅩⅤ,” (i.e., Shabbat parashat b’Midbar) and first published in her collection of prayers, The Jewish Year (1898), p. 83.

“Commit Thy Way” by Alice Montefiore Lucas was written for “Sabbath—ⅩⅬⅡ,” (i.e., Shabbat parashat Pinḥas) and first published in her collection of prayers, The Jewish Year (1898), p. 96.

“Not Worthy” by Alice Montefiore Lucas was written for “Sabbath—Ⅷ,” (i.e., Shabbat parashat Vayishlaḥ) and first published in her collection of prayers, The Jewish Year (1898), pp. 17-18.