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A Prayer for the United Nations, by Lilian Helen Montagu

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Lilian Helen Montagu

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United Nations, United Nations Day (October 24th)

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., British Jewry, English vernacular prayer

This undated “Prayer for the United Nations” by the Hon. Lily H. Montagu (1873-1963) from the archives of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London, was published in, Lily Montagu: Sermons, Addresses, Letters, and Prayers (ed. Ellen M. Umansky, 1985), pp. 357-358. . . .

Closing Prayer for United Nations Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan

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United Nations, United Nations Day (October 24th)

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anti-war, world government, 20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, United States, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States

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. . . .

Opening Prayer for United Nations Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan

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United Nations, United Nations Day (October 24th)

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interdependence, 20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, United States, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States

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. . . .

💬 Universal Declaration of Human Rights | אַלװעלטלעכע דעקלאַראַציע פֿון מענטשנרעכט | הַכְרָזָה לְכׇל בָּאֵי עוֹלָם בִּדְבַר זְכֻיוֹת הָאָדָם | Deklarasion Universal de Derechos Umanos (1948)

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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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United Nations, Modern Miscellany, National Brotherhood Week, International Day of Democracy (September 15th), United Nations Day (October 24th), Addenda, International Human Rights Day (December 10th)

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., שבע מצות בני נח Seven Noaḥide Commandments, civil declarations and charters

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in English with its translations in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino. . . .

[Prayer on] the Birthday of the United Nations, by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (1947)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

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United Nations, United Nations Day (October 24th)

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universalist prayers, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., North American Jewry, English vernacular prayer, Universal Peace

A prayer for United Nations Day, the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. . . .

💬 Preamble and Introduction to the United Nations Charter (1945) | מבוא לאמנת האומות המאוחדות (Hebrew trans., 1949)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown Translator(s), Sol Bloom, Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve and Jan Christian Smuts

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United Nations, Modern Miscellany, United Nations Day (October 24th)

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Universal Peace, World War Ⅱ, civil declarations and charters

The Preamble (followed by the first article of the first chapter) of the Charter of the United Nations from 1945 translated into Hebrew by the State of Israel in 1949. . . .

Prayer for Brotherhood, by Stephen Vincent Benét on United Nations Flag Day (14 June 1942)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Stephen Vincent Benét

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Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th), National Brotherhood Week, United Nations, United Nations Day (October 24th), Flag Day (June 14)

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20th century C.E., United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Universal Peace, World War Ⅱ, vexillology, universalist prayers

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. . . .

A Prayer for Peace and Goodwill Among the Nations of the Earth, by Rabbi Jonas Kaminkowski (1927)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Jonas Kaminkowski

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Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty, National Brotherhood Week, United Nations, United Nations Day (October 24th)

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., World War Ⅰ, League of Nations

A prayer for intra-national peace during the interwar period (after World War I). . . .