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Gustav N. Hausmann
Rabbi Gustav N. Hausmann (1860-1948), born in Poland, was a Reform movement rabbi in the United States. After graduating from the yeshivah in Przemyśl, he came to Chicago and graduated from the University of Chicago. In1896, he was introduced as the "Boy Orator of Jerusalem" at Republican party rallies in Chicago where he spoke in Yiddish in promotion of the Republican party platform. In 1897 he began serving Temple Emanuel in Grand Rapids, Michigan. From there, he went on to serve as chaplain of the University of Michigan, Harvard, Brown and Columbia. In New York City in 1922, he helped to found the Community Synagogue in the Lower East Side.
56th Congress | English vernacular prayer | U.S. House of Representatives | Philippine–American War | Prayers of Guest Chaplains | תחינות teḥinot | 19th century C.E. | 57th century A.M.
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Gustav Hausmann on 28 February 1899
Contributed on: 28 May 2024 by Gustav N. Hausmann | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 February 1899. . . .
