tagged: anti-communist • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

[Prayer for] Memorial Day, by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (1954)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

Categories:

Memorial/Decoration Day (last Monday of May)

Tags:

20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., North American Jewry, English vernacular prayer, anti-fascist, anti-communist

A prayer for Memorial Day in the United States, composed in 1954. . . .

[Prayer before] the Chamber of Commerce and Civics [of the Oranges & Maplewood, New Jersey], a Cold War prayer by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (1950)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

Categories:

Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty

Tags:

American Jewry of the United States, New Jersey, capitalism, Post–World War II economic expansion, Cold War (1947–1953), anti-communist, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M.

A prayer for the continuance of “the American way of life” offered during the Cold War (1947-1953) in northern New Jersey. . . .