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Mark Schiftan
Mark Schiftan is rabbi of The Temple–Congregation Ohabai Sholom. He came to The Temple in 1999 from Temple Emanu-El, an historic urban congregation in San Jose, California. Having served as rabbi there since 1994, Mark had led another Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco, California, serving from 1987 until 1994. Rabbi Schiftan received his Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from San Francisco State University. Hebrew Union College of Los Angeles awarded Rabbi Schiftan’s Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters, and he was ordained at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio.
embrace the stranger | English vernacular prayer | U.S. House of Representatives | Prayers of Guest Chaplains | protect the refugee | תחינות teḥinot | United States Immigration Policy | welcome the immigrant | 115th Congress | 21st century C.E. | 58th century A.M.
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Mark Schiftan on 20 June 2018
Contributed by the Congressional Record of the United States of America | Mark Schiftan | ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 June 2018. . . .
