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David Saperstein

David Nathan Saperstein is an American rabbi, lawyer, and Jewish community leader who served as United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. He previously served as the director and chief legal counsel at the Union for Reform Judaism's Religious Action Center for more than 30 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Saperstein_(rabbi)
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Democratic National Conventions | English vernacular prayer | Invocation | תחינות teḥinot | United States | Democratic National Convention 2008 | United States General Election 2008 | 21st century C.E. | 58th century A.M.

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Invocation by Rabbi David Saperstein at the Democratic National Convention (2008)

Contributed by David Saperstein | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | ❧

The full text of Rabbi David Saperstein’s invocation offered on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, August 8th, 2008. . . .

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