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tag: Cold War (1947–1953) Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? A prayer for the continuance of “the American way of life” offered during the Cold War (1947-1953) in northern New Jersey. The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 7 March 1950. Categories: Tags: 81st Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., anti-communist, Cold War (1947–1953), English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): A prayer for the United Nations offered by John Golden, New York City Chairman of United Nations Day on the fifth anniversary of the United Nations, 24 October 1950. This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the twelfth month of the second session of the 81st US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 96 part 12 (6 December 1950), p. 16206. The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 April 1951. This prayer by Brigadier General Julius Klein was included in the anthology, The Prayer Book of the Armed Forces (ed. Daniel A. Poling, 1951), p. 47. The anthology notes that “Accompanying the prayer of General Klein, National Commander of Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A., is this message: ‘I wish to express the deep-seated conviction that this book of prayers will be warmly received by a world which is very much in need of closer contact with God.’” Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cold War (1947–1953), English vernacular prayer, United States, United States in the Korean War Contributor(s): This prayer by Rabbi Philip S. Bernstein, then President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, was included in the anthology, The Prayer Book of the Armed Forces (ed. Daniel A. Poling, 1951), p. 11. This prayer by Rabbi Dr. Edgar Magnin, then serving as rabbi of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, was included in the anthology, The Prayer Book of the Armed Forces (ed. Daniel A. Poling, 1951), p. 51. This prayer by Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool was included in the anthology, The Prayer Book of the Armed Forces (ed. Daniel A. Poling, 1951), pp. 72-73. This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the third month of the first session of the 82nd US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 97 part 2 (1 March 1951), p. 1741. This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the fourth month of the second session of the 82nd US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 98 part 4 (30 April 1952), p. 4574. Categories: Tags: 82nd Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cold War (1947–1953), English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Teach Us to Be Thankful” by Rabbi Louis M. Epstein was first published in Rabbi Morrison David Bial’s anthology, An Offering of Prayer (1962), p. 36, from where this prayer was transcribed. | ||
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