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Jacob Voorsanger  Jacob VoorsangerRabbi Jacob Voorsanger (1852-1908), born in Amsterdam, was a prominent Reform movement rabbi and scholar in the United States. He was educated at the Jewish Theological Seminary of Amsterdam, and received the degree of D.D. from Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. He officiated as rabbi at Philadelphia (1873-76), Washington, DC (1876-77), Providence, Rhode Island (1877-78), Houston, Texas (1878-86), and Sand Francisco, California (1886-1908). From 1881 to 1883 Voorsanger was editor of The Jewish South (Houston), and from 1883 to 1886 of the Sabbath Visitor (Cincinnati). Starting 1886, he began serving as rabbi at the Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco, California. In 1894 he was appointed professor of Semitic languages and literature at the University of California. He also officiated as chaplain and special lecturer at the Leland Stanford, Jr., University. In 1895 he founded the paper Emanu-El. Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Tag 56th Congress | English vernacular prayer | Prayers of Guest Chaplains | U.S. Senate | Spanish–American War | 19th century C.E. | 57th century A.M. Filter resources by Name Filter resources by Language Filter resources by Date Range Sorted Chronologically (new to old). Sort oldest first? Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Jacob Voorsanger This is a fragment of a prayer offered before the United States Senate on 30 June 1898 by Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger, rabbi of Temple Emanuel and professor of Semitic Languages at the University of California, San Francisco. | ||
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