Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Herman Eliot Snyder on 28 April 1948
Contributed by: Herman E. Snyder, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 28 April 1948. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld on 29 April 1946
Contributed by: Norman Gerstenfeld, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 29 April 1946. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Solomon H. Metz on 6 June 1945
Contributed by: Solomon H. Metz, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 6 June 1945. . . .
💬 Iwo Jima Memorial Address at Fifth Marine Division Cemetery, by Rabbi Chaplain Roland B. Gittelsohn (21 March 1945)
Contributed by: the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Roland B. Gittelsohn, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
A chaplain’s eulogy over the fallen soldiers of Iwo Jima (also known under the title, “The Highest and Purest Democracy”) . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Solomon H. Metz on 5 June 1944
Contributed by: Solomon H. Metz, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 5 June 1944 on the eve of D-Day in World War Ⅱ. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Israel Goldstein on 21 April 1942
Contributed by: Israel Goldstein, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 21 April 1942. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Bernard Bergman on 26 May 1942
Contributed by: Bernard Bergman, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 May 1942. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Sidney S. Tedesche on 26 March 1935
Contributed by: Sidney Tedesche, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 March 1935. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Leon Fram on 25 March 1935
Contributed by: Leon Fram, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 March 1935. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Abram Simon on 29 May 1929
Contributed by: Abram Simon, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 May 1929. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Isidore Lewinthal on 1 July 1912
Contributed by: Isidore Lewinthal, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 July 1912. . . .
💬 Amendment ⅩⅣ to the Constitution of the United States of America (1866/1868, with translations in Hebrew and Yiddish by Judah David Eisenstein 1891)
Contributed by: Judah David Eisenstein (translation), the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, initially proposed by Congress on 13 June 1866 and adopted on 9 July 1868 was the second of three Reconstruction Amendments addressing citizenship rights and equal protection under the law. It was enacted in response to issues related to emancipated slaves following the failure of the Slaveholders’ Rebellion (1861-1865). . . .