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David Abernethy
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Government & Country, United States of America
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pluralism, United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, United States General Election 2020, civic responsibility
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A prayer for the United States, its leaders and government and its citizens — a personal response to things that were troubling me in the months before November’s election – in particular the level of divisiveness in our country, and what seemed to me to be a growing sense that it isn’t important to respect people we disagree with, and an ever more prevalent belief that we are entitled to decide for ourselves which rules to follow, and all that matters are own rights and our beliefs, not our responsibilities to one another. Inspired by the events of 2020 . . . |
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Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Martin Samuel Cohen and Masorti Movement in Israel
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Yom Habḥirut, Elections & Voting, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty
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tolerance of difference, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., civic prayers, disagreement, difference disagreement and deviance, ישראל Yisrael, 2020 Israeli legislative election
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Based on the Prayer For Freedom from Strife and the Prayer that One Be a Lover and a Pursuer of Peace taken from the Liqutei Tefilot of Reb Nosson of Nemirov. Edited and reworked by Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum. English Translation: Rabbi Martin S. Cohen. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan
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Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February)
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20th century C.E., United States, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States
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This opening prayer for Washington’s Birthday, “The Significance of the Day,” as first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951). . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan
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Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th)
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20th century C.E., United States, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States
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This opening prayer-essay for Lincoln’s Birthday, “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) — as preface to a number of readings selected by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and J. Paul Williams for the day. . . . |
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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and Lev Meirowitz Nelson
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Elections & Voting, Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st)
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United States, voting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., United States General Election 2016, civic prayers
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On Tuesday, we go to the polls in a momentous election that for many of us has generated a combination of anxiety, excitement, fear, and confusion. We offer you this prayer, which you can recite this Shabbat, before you vote, or while you are waiting for returns. . . . |
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Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams, Mordecai Kaplan and Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation
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Pulpit & Ceremonial Prayer collections, Interfaith & Ecumenical collections of prayers
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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M., civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, reconstructing Judaism
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A collection of civic prayers, poems, and readings arranged for thirteen civic holidays in the United States. . . . |
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David Zvi Kalman
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After the Aliyot, United States of America, Elections & Voting, Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st)
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United States, voting, democracy, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Philadelphia, United States General Election 2016, civic prayers
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A prayer for the electorate to be recited together with the Prayer for Government on the Shabbat before an election (federal, state, or local). . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan
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Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th), Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February), National Brotherhood Week
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20th century C.E., pluralism, United States, 58th century A.M., civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, anti-fascist, anti-racist
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A civic prayer for the Sabbath occurring during Brotherhood Week (February 19th-28th) in the United States. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams and Mordecai Kaplan
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Gregorian New Year's Day (January 1st)
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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States
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This opening prayer for New Year’s 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. 3-4 — as preface to a number of readings selected by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and J. Paul Williams for the day. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams, Mordecai Kaplan and Members of the Faculty of Colgate-Rochester Divinity School
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Gregorian New Year's Day (January 1st)
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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers
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This “Closing Prayer” for New Year’s Day was adapted by Mordecai Kaplan and Eugene Kohn from a prayer first published by unnamed “Members of the Faculty” of the Colgate-Rochester Divinity School (The Colgate-Rochester Divinity School Bulletin, “Prayers for the New Year,” vol. 19 no. 2 (1947), pp. 65-71). Kaplan & Kohn’s adapted prayer essentially contains excerpts from the prayer of the Faculty (excluding any with explicit Christian content). The adapted prayer was published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 25-26. –Aharon Varady . . . |
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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), 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), 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, anti-war, world government
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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), Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams and Mordecai Kaplan
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Labor Day (1st Monday in September)
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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States
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“Closing Prayer [for Labor Day]” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p.165. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams and Mordecai Kaplan
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Labor Day (1st Monday in September)
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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, capitalism, the invisible hand
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“Opening Prayer on the Significance of [Labor] Day” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p.165. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams and Mordecai Kaplan
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Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)
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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, Problematic prayers, American Jewry of the United States
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This opening prayer for Thanksgiving 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. 304 — as preface to a number of readings selected by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and J. Paul Williams for the day. . . . |
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| Contributor(s): |
Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams and Mordecai Kaplan
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Labor Day (1st Monday in September)
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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States
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“Dignity of Labor” is a prayer for Labor Day first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p.176-177. . . . |
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| Contributor(s): |
Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams and Mordecai Kaplan
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Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)
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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States
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This closing prayer for Thanksgiving Day was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 327-328 — following at the end of a number of readings selected by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and J. Paul Williams for the day. . . . |
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| Contributor(s): |
Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan
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Planting, National Arbor Day (last Friday in April)
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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, planting trees
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This opening prayer for Arbor 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. 3-4 — as preface to a number of readings selected by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and J. Paul Williams for the day. . . . |
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| Contributor(s): |
Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan
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Planting, National Arbor Day (last Friday in April)
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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, planting trees
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This closing prayer for Arbor 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. 86. . . . |
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