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Israel Poleyeff
Rabbi Israel Poleyeff (1928-), born in Brooklyn, New York, is an Orthodox rabbi, chaplain, and educator in the United States. He graduated Yeshivah University in 1949 and received semikhah there in 1951. From 1954-1956, he served at Fort Pickett, Virginia as a rabbi Chaplain in the US Army. Afterward, he served at pulpits in Pennsylvania (Congregation Tifereth Israel, New Castle) and New Jersey (Congregation Agudath Achim, Freehold) until in 1967 he became rabbi of Congregation Ahavath Achim in Brooklyn. While there he was also a teacher at the Hebrew Academy of Five Towns, Cedarhurst, New York until 1999. He served on the Rabbinical Board of Flatbush (president 1979-1981, 1991-2001).Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Israel Poleyeff on 5 April 1995
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The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 5 April 1995. . . .
