Prayer for the United States during the Cold War, by Julius Klein (Jewish War Veterans of the USA, 1951)

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=44925

Date: 2022-06-09

Last Updated: 2025-02-18

Categories: 🇺🇸 Memorial Day (last Monday of May), 🇺🇸 United States of America

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cold War (1947–1953), English vernacular prayer, United States, United States in the Korean War

Excerpt: 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.'” . . .

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	Our Father, Whose glory filleth the Universe, we reflect upon the great achievements of those who have made the extreme sacrifice for our country in order that our blessed land may continue to be a beacon of light and a source of hope for the entire civilized world.
	Deliver us, O Heavenly Father, from our present impending evils and frustrate the designs of our enemies. Restore us to the bosom of peace.
	We pray to Thee to hasten the day when humanity shall be delivered from oppressors and oppression and hate and violence shall never again flourish on the face of Thy earth, and may we realize in our day the fulfillment of the prophetic vision “that they shall dwell every man under his own vine and fig tree with none to make them afraid.” (Micah 4:4)
	Amen.

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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.’”

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Contributor: Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America

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  Name: Julius Klein
  Bio: Julius Klein (1901–1984) was an American journalist, spy, business executive and brigadier general in the United States Army.
  Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Klein
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/julius-klein
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  Name: Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America
  Bio: The Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America (also referred to as the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., the Jewish War Veterans, or JWV) is an American Jewish veterans' organization created in 1896 by American Civil War veterans to raise awareness of contributions made by Jewish service members. (JWV holds a Congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code.) The organization has an estimated 15,000 members, ranging from World War Ⅱ to current conflicts and active duty personnel. It is the oldest active national veterans' service organization in America.
  Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_War_Veterans_of_the_United_States_of_America
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/jewish-war-veterans-usa
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  Name: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
  Bio: Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)
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