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![]() Arnold Mark BelzerRabbi Arnold Mark Belzer is the Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Mickve Israel in Savannah, Georgia. He studied at Hunter College and Iona College, where he received his BA in History. He was ordained rabbi and received BHL, MAHL, and DD degrees from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. A co-founder and now president of the Sino-Judaic Institute, he has traveled extensively in China. In 1985 he conducted the first Jewish worship service in Kaifeng, China, since the 1860s. Rabbi Belzer has lectured widely on the subject of Jews in China as well as studies of other exotic Jewish communities and comparative religion. He is a co-founder of the Mastery Foundation (an international, interfaith organization promoting transformation and reconciliation). Committed to interfaith cooperation and understanding, Rabbi Belzer is an ardent student of comparative religion and religious syncretism. He lectures regularly on a variety of subjects at the Savannah Learning Center and synagogues and churches around the United States. |
Contributed on: 22 Nov 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | United States Congressional Record | Arnold Mark Belzer | ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 April 1988. . . .