Israel O. Goldberg
Rabbi Israel Oscar Goldberg (19 July 1937 - 16 April 1984), born in New York, was an Orthodox rabbi in the United States. After graduating from Brooklyn College and Yeshiva University, in 1960 he received his semikhah from the Jacob Joseph Theological Seminary. He served as rabbi of the Young Israel of New Rochelle, New York and helped to found the Ohr Hame'ir Theological Seminary of New Rochelle. In 1965 Rabbi Goldberg moved to Boston to become leader of Congregation Agudath Israel (Boston's largest orthodox synagogue). While there, Rabbi Goldberg served as treasurer of the rabbinical council of Massachusetts, a permanent member of the Bet Din of the Vaad haRabbanim of Massachusetts, a member of the advisory committee to the Boston Housing Authority, and chaplain of two hospitals as well as Boston's penal institutions. In 1970, Rabbi Goldberg came to the Randallstown Synagogue Center. He was the secretary of the Rabbinical Council of America, Maryland Region and liaison rabbi to the Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Baltimore.
98th Congress | English vernacular prayer | U.S. House of Representatives | Prayers of Guest Chaplains | תחינות teḥinot | 20th century C.E. | 58th century A.M.
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Israel O. Goldberg on 4 June 1971
Contributed on: 25 May 2024 by Israel O. Goldberg | the Congressional Record of the United States of America | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 4 June 1971. . . .