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20th century C.E. —⟶ tag: 20th century C.E. Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? The service in 1953 by the S&P Synagogue (Bevis Marks, London) in celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth. . . . Categories: Coronations & Inaugurations This prayer by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, of Cleveland, Ohio, was recorded in the United States’ Congressional Record for January 20, 1953. . . . “The Spirit of Jewish Prayer,” by Abraham Joshua Heschel was a speech given at the Fifty-Third Annual Convention of the Rabbinical Assembly of America which took place at the Breakers Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey from Tammuz 9 to Tammuz 14, 5713 (June 22 To June 27, 1953). The speech was subsequently published in the Proceedings of the Rabbinical Assembly of America v.17. . . . Categories: Pedagogical Essays on Jewish Prayer Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Abraham Shusterman on 3 February 1953The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 3 February 1953. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 20 July 1953. . . . A bentsher containing the musical notes to a popular tune for the birkat hamazon. . . . Categories: Birkonim (בענטשערס Bentshers) Contributor(s): Paltiel Birnbaum (translation), Cantors Assembly of America and Hebrew Publishing Company 📖 סדר עבודה ערבית לשבת ולשלוש רגלים (אשכנז) | Seder Avodah Tefilat Arvit l’Shabbat u’l’Shalosh Regalim, arranged, translated, and transliterated by Rabbi Max D. Klein (1954)A Friday and pilgrimage festival night siddur, translated with a unique transliteration schema devised by Rabbi Max D. (Meir David) Klein of Congregation Adath Jeshurun in Philadelphia, 1954. . . . Categories: Shabbat Siddurim A prayer of gratitude to be recited on Thanksgiving Day (or the Shabbat prior). . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November) תפילת הודיה לחברה למניעת אכזריות לילדים | Prayer of Thanksgiving for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (1954)Prayer of Thanksgiving on the Occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, to Be Recited on Sabbath 22nd May 1954 / 19th Iyyar 5714 after the Prayer of the Queen and the Royal Family (London: 1954, Office of the Chief Rabbi) . . . Categories: Child care A prayer for Memorial Day in the United States, composed in 1954. . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 Memorial Day (last Monday of May) Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Amos M. Bunim on 1 June 1954The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 June 1954. . . . Children’s Prayer for the Recovery of our President [Dwight D. Eisenhower], by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (1955)A prayer for the recovery of President Dwight D. Eisenhower following a severe heart attack in late September 1955. . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America The popular Israeli song from the 1950s. . . . Categories: Se'udat Leil Shabbat The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 18 April 1955. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 28 June 1955. . . . Prayer for the Success of the Four-Power Conference at Geneva, by Rabbi Israel Brodie (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UK & the Commonwealth, 16 July 1955)This “Prayer for the Success of the Four-Power Conference at Geneva, Switzerland (18 July 1955)” was composed in 1955 by the Office of the Chief Rabbi (of the United Hebrew Congregations of the UK and the Commonwealth) for the success of a meeting of the “Big Four” (President Dwight D. Eisenhower of the United States, Prime Minister Anthony Eden of Britain, Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin of the Soviet Union, and Prime Minister Edgar Faure of France), ostensibly to promote international trade, but hopefully as well, to reduce international tensions and make some progress towards ending the Cold War. . . . Categories: War Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Selig S. Auerbach on 20 July 1955The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 July 1955. . . . This manual has been devised for the express purpose of giving the Rabbi, or anyone officiating at a Jewish ceremonial or ritual, a concise and practical aid that will facilitate the task of officiating , and will obviate the necessity of resorting to the voluminous literature pertaining thereto. . . . Categories: Memorial, Funeral, and Cemetery Prayer Guides, Pulpit & Ceremonial collections of prayers Prayer for American Enterprise [at the opening of a Kresge’s department store], by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (1956)A prayer offered at the opening of a department store during the post-WWII economic expansion in the United States. . . . Categories: Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah מי שברך לחיילי צה״ל | Mi sheBerakh for the Welfare of Israel Defense Forces Soldiers, by Rabbi Shlomo Goren (1956)The mi sheberakh for the IDF composed by Rabbi Shlomo Goren in the context of the Suez Crisis and Israel-Egypt conflict of 1956. . . . תְּפִלָּה לִשְׁלוֹם הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה | Prayer for the Wellbeing of the Government of the USSR, by Rabbi Solomon Shleifer (Choral Synagogue, Moscow 1956)The prayer for peace and prayer for the government of the Choral Synagogue in Moscow in 1956. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arthur Schneier on 10 May 1956The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 10 May 1956. . . . Prayer on the Anniversary of Brighton & Hove Liberal Synagogue, by Lilian Helen Montagu (27 May 1956)This “Brighton 21st Anniversary” prayer (27 May 1956) 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. 353-354. Brighton & Hove Liberal (now, Progressive) Synagogue, also known as Adat Shalom Verei’ut (Congregation of Peace and Friendship), is a Liberal synagogue in Hove, Sussex, England. It was established in 1935. . . . Categories: Congregation & Community 📖 הַסִּדוּר (אשכנז) | HaSiddur, a bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook translated and arranged by Rabbi Ben-Zion Bokser (1957)Ben Zion Bokser’s popular mid-20th century modern prayerbook for Conservative American Jewry. . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim This prayer at the second inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower by Rabbi Dr. Louis Finkelstein, chancellor, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, was recorded in the United States’ Congressional Record for January 20, 1957. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Alan M. Sokobin on 25 February 1957The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 February 1957. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Mordecai L. Brill on 28 May 1957The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 May 1957. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Morton M. Berman on 1 July 1957The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 July 1957. . . . 📖 מַחֲזוֹר הַשָּׁלֵם לְיוֹם כִּפּוּר (נוסח האר״י) | Maḥzor haShalem l’Yom Kippur, translated and arranged by Paltiel Birnbaum (1958)A bilingual Hebrew-English maḥzor for Yom Kippur (“Sephardic-Ḥasidic”) from the mid- 20th century. . . . Categories: Maḥzorim for Yom haKippurim 📖 מַחֲזוֹר הַשָּׁלֵם לְרֹאשׁ הַשָׁנָה (נוסח האר״י) | Maḥzor haShalem l’Rosh haShanah, translated and arranged by Paltiel Birnbaum (1958)A bilingual Hebrew-English maḥzor for Rosh Hashanah (“Sephardic-Ḥasidic”). . . . Categories: Maḥzorim for Rosh haShanah 📖 Prayer Book for Jewish Personnel in the Armed Forces of the United States (National Jewish Welfare Board 1958)A trans-denominational prayer book compiled for the use of United States personnel in the Armed Services. . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Abraham J. Feldman on 29 January 1958The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 January 1958. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 21 April 1958. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 23 April 1958 on the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. . . . Categories: 🇮🇱 Yom ha-Atsma'ut (5 Iyyar), 🇮🇱 Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Israel Goldstein on 23 April 1958The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 23 April 1958 on the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. . . . Categories: 🇮🇱 Yom ha-Atsma'ut (5 Iyyar), 🇮🇱 Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arthur Schneier on 16 June 1958The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 16 June 1958. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 16 June 1958. . . . 💬 Excerpts from the Speeches and Letters of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1958-1968) from an ecumenical MLK Day service by Temple Emanu-El & Abyssinian Baptist ChurchSelections from speeches and letters by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. read in ecumenical services for Martin Luther King Day in the United States. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the Massachusetts State Senate: Rabbi Joseph Rudavsky on 24 March 1959The opening prayer of the Massachusetts State Senate on 24 March 1959, added to the record of the U.S. House of Representatives. . . . 📖 תפלה | Tefilah — Invocation: A Sheaf of Prayers, composed and arranged by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (1959)A collection of public and pulpit prayers composed by Rabbi Abraham Samuel Soltes between 1948 and 1959. . . . Categories: Pulpit & Ceremonial collections of prayers Contributor(s): Avraham Samuel Soltes and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation) 📖 המחזור לראש השנה ויום כּיפּור (אשכנז) | HaMaḥzor l’Rosh haShanah v’Yom Kippur, translated and arranged by Rabbi Ben-Zion Bokser (1959)A prayer book ( maḥzor ) for the Jewish penitential holy days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, translated and arranged by Rabbi Ben Zion Bokser (1907-1984). . . . 📖 סדר הגדה של פסח עברי-כּורדי | Seder Haggadah shel Pesaḥ (Ivri-Kurdi), a Passover seder haggadah for Kurdish Jews in Hebrew and Aramaic (1959)A Passover Seder Haggadah in Hebrew and Aramaic (or Kurdish, as stated on the title page) published in Israel for the wave of Kurdish-Jewish immigrants from Iraq and other eastern countries. . . . Categories: Haggadot for the Seder Leil Pesaḥ The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 2 June 1959. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 19 February 1959. . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 George Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arthur Schneier on 3 June 1959The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 3 June 1959. . . . 📖 סדר עבודה מחזור לימים נוראים (אשכנז) | Seder Avodah Maḥzor l’Yamim Nora’im, arranged and translated by Rabbi Max D. Klein (1960)A maḥzor for Rosh haShanah and Yom Kippur, prepared for a mid-20th century Conservative Jewish congregation in Philadelphia. . . . “Temple Anniversary Prayer” by Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn was written sometime between 1953 and 1962, likely for Temple Israel (Boston, Massachusetts), where he served from 1953 until 1977. Unfortunately, no more information was provided by Rabbi David Bial in his anthology, An Offering of Prayer (1962), p. 52, from where this prayer was transcribed. . . . Categories: Congregation & Community בָּאנוּ חֹשֶׁךְ לְגָרֵשׁ | Banu Ḥoshekh l’Garesh (We come to chase the dark away), by Sara Levi-Tanai (1960)In 1960, the Publishing House of the Composers’ League in cooperation with the Center for Culture and Education (בית הוצאה של איגוד הקומפוזיטורים בשיתוף עם המרכז לתרבות ולחינוך), published the songbook זמר־חן (Zemer Ḥén), containing the now popular Ḥanukkah song and melody “Banu Ḥoshekh l’Garesh” (p. 49), originally simply titled “Ḥanukkah” by Sara Levi-Tanaiׁ (1910-2005). . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Jacob M. Sable on 25 February 1960The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 February 1960. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 March 1960. . . . | ||
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