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Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Maurice Henry Harris, the National Jewish Welfare Board
This is the opening prayer of the First Biennial Convention of the National Jewish Welfare Board offered by Rabbi Maurice H. Harris, and published in the Report of First Biennial Convention [of the National Jewish Welfare Board] (1922), p. 14.
Contributed by: Maurice Henry Harris, Philip Klein, Kaufmann Kohler, Henry Pereira Mendes, Solomon Schechter, Samuel Schulman, Joseph Silverman, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
This prayer was prepared for use in a special service on the Sabbath before Thanksgiving Day, 1905, in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Jews in the United States. It was published in The two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of the Jews in the United States, 1655-1905 (New York Co-operative Society: 1906), pp. 253-256. (The prayer also appears in the 14th volume of Proceedings of the American Jewish Historical Society (1906).) It was prepared by a committee consisting of a seven-starred constellation of prominent Reform and early Conservative movement rabbis: Rabbi Dr. Henry Pereira Mendes (chair), Rabbi Dr. M.H. Harris, Rabbi Dr. Philip Klein, Rabbi Dr. Kaufmann Kohler, Rabbi Dr. Solomon Schechter, Rabbi Dr. Samuel Schulman, and Rabbi Dr. Joseph Silverman.
