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Ḥanan Schlesinger
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National Brotherhood Week, United Nations Day (October 24th), Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty
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Israelis and Palestinians, interdependence, human solidarity, interconnectedness, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish particularism, particularism and universalism
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A prayer for human solidarity to mitigate the danger that comes when our particular identity as Bnei Yisrael greatly eclipses our universal identity as Bnei Adam. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan
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United Nations Day (October 24th)
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ecumenical prayers, United States, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, anti-war, world government, 20th century C.E.
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This closing prayer for United Nations Day was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 272-273. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan
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United Nations Day (October 24th)
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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, United States, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, interdependence
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This opening prayer for United Nations Day, “The Significance of the Day,” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 249-250. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zackary Sholem Berger, Refoyl Finkl (translation), Unknown Translator(s), Peng Chun Chang, Charles Malik, René Cassin, John Peters Humphrey and United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Addenda, Modern Miscellany, National Brotherhood Week, United Nations Day (October 24th)
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civil declarations and charters, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Seven Noaḥide Laws
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in English with its translations in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan
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United Nations Day (October 24th), War
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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, United States, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, anti-war
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“War Can Be Abolished,” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 262-265. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), United States Congressional Record and Roland B. Gittelsohn
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Modern Miscellany, National Brotherhood Week, Memorial (Decoration) Day Readings, United Nations Day (October 24th)
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United States, civil declarations and charters, democracy, 58th century A.M., World War II, Eulogy, anti-fascist, 20th century C.E., pluralism, anti-racist
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A chaplain’s eulogy over the fallen soldiers of Iwo Jima (also known under the title, “The Highest and Purest Democracy”) . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Stephen Vincent Benét
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Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th), National Brotherhood Week, United Nations Day (October 24th), Flag Day (June 14)
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English vernacular prayer, Universal Peace, World War II, vexillology, universalist prayers, 20th century C.E., United States, 58th century A.M.
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This prayer by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943) was first publicly read in 1942 in the course of a United Nations Day speech by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Max D. Klein and John Greenleaf Whittier
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Davvening, Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th), National Brotherhood Week, United Nations Day (October 24th)
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Ethical Humanism, Openers, 57th century A.M., Philadelphia, English vernacular prayer, hymns, anti-war, 19th century C.E.
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A hymn for peace and the end of war. . . . |
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