Rabbi Ralph B. Hershon (1890-), born in Volozhin, Russia, was a Reform movement rabbi in the United States. He studied at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati and was ordained at the Jewish Institute of Religion. He received his AB Lincoln Memorial University (Harrowgate, TN). He served as rabbi in Lewiston, Maine and at Temple Beth El in Asbury Park. He was a national speaker for the Zionist Organization of America and was an active member of the American Jewish Congress and Keren Hayeson. He served on the national commitee of the Joint Distribution Committee. Unfortunately, we know very little about Rabbi Hershon's life and career. If you know more, please contact us.
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ralph B. Hershon, the Congressional Record of the United States of America
This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the sixth month of the first session of the 72nd US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 75 part 10 (20 May 1932), pp. 10812-10813.