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This is an archive of prayers offered for the success of the democratically elected government of the United States of America and the well-being of its multicultural civil society.

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Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Gustav Hausmann on 28 February 1899

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 February 1899.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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56th Congress, 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, Spanish–American War, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Gustav N. Hausmann and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Invocation by Rabbi Harry H. Mayer at the Democratic National Convention (6 July 1900)

The invocation offered at the opening of the Democratic National Convention in Kansas City in 1900.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 1900, Democratic National Conventions

Contributor(s):

Harry H. Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi David Philipson on 2 February 1904

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 2 February 1904, the first prayer of a rabbinic guest chaplain recorded in the Congressional Record

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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58th Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and David Philipson

Invocation by Rabbi Samuel Sale at the Democratic National Convention (9 July 1904)

This opening prayer at the 1904 Democratic National Convention was offered by Rabbi Samuel Sale as found published in “Eloquent Voice Names Parker,” The News and Observer (9 July 1904), page 1, cols. 2-3.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 1904, Democratic National Conventions, economic distress, English vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Samuel Sale

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Abram Simon on 16 January 1905

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 16 January 1905.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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58th Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Abram Simon and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer for a Thanksgiving Day Shabbat Service in Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in the United States (1905)

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.

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🇺🇸 Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November), 🇺🇸 United States of America

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, English vernacular prayer, Landing Day, North American Jewry

Contributor(s):

Maurice Henry Harris, Philip Klein, Kaufmann Kohler, Henry Pereira Mendes, Solomon Schechter, Samuel Schulman, Joseph Silverman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Abram Simon on 16 February 1905

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 16 February 1905.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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58th Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Abram Simon

[A Prayer for] Our Country [the United States of America], by Otto Irving Wise at the Golden Jubilee of the B’nai B’rith (13 August 1905)

This patriotic prayer for the United States by Otto Irving Wise concluded a public address delivered at the Alhambra Theatre, San Francisco, 13 August 1905, at the Golden Jubilee of the B’nai B’rith. The complete address and prayer were published as “Our Country” in the San Francisco Jewish newspaper, Emanu-El (v. 20, n. 16, 25 August 1905), pp. 7-8.

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🇺🇸 United States of America

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Spanish–American War, Slaveholders' Rebellion (1861-1865)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Otto Irving Wise

Opening prayer at the 250th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in the United States — by Rabbi Joseph Silverman (1905)

The opening prayer offered by Rabbi Joseph Silverman for “the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of the Jews in the United States, 1655-1905,” at Carnegie Hall, New York City, Thanksgiving Day, 30 November 1905. The prayer was published in the Publications Of The American Jewish Historical Society number 14 (1906).

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🇺🇸 Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November), 🇺🇸 United States of America

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, English vernacular prayer, Landing Day, North American Jewry

Contributor(s):

Joseph Silverman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Invocation by Rabbi Joseph Stolz at the Republican National Convention (19 June 1912)

The prayer offered on the second day of the Republican National Convention by Rabbi Joseph Stolz as transcribed from, “Republican National Convention” in The Reform Advocate (22 June 1912), reporting on the invocation offered on the second day of the convention at the Chicago Coliseum in Chicago, Illinois on 19 June 1912.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., economic distress, English vernacular prayer, Republican National Convention 1912, Republican National Conventions

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Joseph Stolz

תפלה בעד שלום המדינה | Prayer for the Welfare of the Government and Country of the United States of America, by Avraham Hyman Charlap (1912)

A prayer for the government offered by a first generation immigrant to the United States.

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Government & Country, After the Aliyot, 🇺🇸 United States of America

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., civic prayers, democratic process, United States

Contributor(s):

Alan S. Belsky (translation) and Abraham Hyman Charlap

תפלה בעד שלום המדינה | Prayer for the Government of William Howard Taft, by Avraham Hyman Charlap (1912)

A prayer for the government of President William Howard Taft and Vice-President James Sherman offered by a first generation immigrant to the United States.

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Government & Country, 🇺🇸 United States of America

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., civic prayers, democratic process, United States, William Howard Taft

Contributor(s):

Abraham Hyman Charlap and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Isidore Lewinthal on 1 July 1912

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 July 1912.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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62nd Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., anti-corruption, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, integrity, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Isidore Lewinthal, the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Louis Stern on 10 June 1914

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the fourth month of the first session of the 63rd US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 51 part 10 (10 June 1914), page 10175.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., 63rd Congress, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Louis Stern and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Martin A. Meyer on 13 January 1915

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the second month of the third session of the 63rd US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 52 part 2 (13 January 1915), page 1514.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., 63rd Congress, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Martin A. Meyer and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Invocation by Rabbi Gerson Baruch Levi at the Republican National Convention (10 June 1916)

On 19 June, the fourth and final day of the Republican National Convention in 1916, the invocation was offered by Rabbi Gerson B. Levi of Temple Israel (Chicago) at the Chicago Coliseum in Chicago, Illinois, as recorded in The Official Report of the Proceedings of the Republican National Convention 1916, page 101.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., economic distress, English vernacular prayer, Republican National Convention 1916, Republican National Conventions

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Gerson B. Levi

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Isidore Lewinthal on 17 January 1917

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 January 1917.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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64th Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot, United States entry into World War Ⅰ, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

Isidore Lewinthal and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Leo M. Franklin on 19 January 1917

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 19 January 1917.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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64th Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Leo M. Franklin and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Edward B.M. Browne on 13 December 1917

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 December 1917.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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65th Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Lord's Prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot, United States entry into World War Ⅰ, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Edward Benjamin Morris Browne and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer for Our Country, a lament on the necessity of war by Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick (1917)

“Prayer for Our Country” by Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick was selected by Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron for inclusion in his World War Ⅰ era prayerbook, Side Arms: Readings, Prayers and Meditations for Soldiers and Sailors (1918), on pages 27-28. The prayer is printed unchanged from its original publication in The Challenge of the Present Crisis (H.E. Fosdick 1917), pp. 46-47.

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War, 🇺🇸 United States of America

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ecumenical prayers, English vernacular prayer, lamentation, Sinking of the RMS Lusitania, United States entry into World War Ⅰ, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

Harry Emerson Fosdick and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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