"When Rabbis Bless Congress"

"When Rabbis Bless Congress" by @HowardMortman ...New /unprecedented...Order: ..Kirkus: "Academically detailed yet esoterically fun"

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Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Congregation B'nai Jacob, Brooklyn, NY, House of Representatives guest chaplain June 3, 1959:

"Make us realize, O Lord, that words uttered in this Chamber are carefully watched by the entire world; once spoken they are no longer controlled by the speaker."

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Rabbi guest chaplain in the U.S. House today:
Peter Stein, Temple B'rith Kodesh, Rochester, New York.
Full prayer video: https://t.co/F1Gfh5G3fM
Sponsor: @RepJoeMorelle (D-NY).
Full sponsoring remarks video: https://t.co/ClZ416GW7B

[Arnold Resnicoff @ArnoldResnicoff]

I’m proud to share this prayer for Veterans Day that I’ll offer today, here in DC: first, at the Cosmos Club, and then at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. My hope is that this will be a meaningful and inspiring day for all, as we remember the past and dream about the future.

[Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman @AriBermanYU]

An honor to address the United States Senate in blessing today. In my words I noted that “There is a hunger in this land—Not for power, but for purpose.” I pray that every American finds their calling, and that all may know God’s love and blessing.

🎥 C-SPAN, September 10, 2025

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Rabbi @AriBermanYU president @YUNews gave Senate opening prayer this morning.
Full YouTube of his prayer as guest chaplain: https://t.co/8MPRQJEPhq
Full YouTube of post-prayer remarks by @LindseyGrahamSC - https://t.co/nvrsLDd0Fq
Video of Schumer remarks: https://t.co/tWFcaBYBKG

[Tevi Troy @TeviTroy]

“@YUNews’ Rabbi Ari Berman will serve as the Senate’s guest chaplain today. @CSPAN’s @HowardMortman, author of @CongressRabbi, notes that Berman… will become the third rabbi to have prayed both in Congress & during a presidential inauguration” @jewishinsider
https://t.co/dr5yiIndGv

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Wed: Rabbi @AriBermanYU will be Senate guest chaplain, sponsor: @SenFettermanPA ...
Rabbi Berman will join an exclusive club -- Rabbis who have prayed both in Congress AND during a presidential inauguration.
And the other 2 (Thurman/Truman and Schachtel/LBJ) also were in Senate.

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. @BronteSorotsky @WTOC11 story on the passing of Savannah Georgia Rabbi Arnold Mark Belzer -- he was House guest chaplain, gave opening prayer in 1988 https://t.co/jfkMsw2iu2

https://t.co/QYSUdveyMS

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Mourning the loss of Rabbi Rabbi Arnold Mark Belzer ... On April 20, 1988, while his son Nathan Clay was serving as a page in the U.S. House, Rabbi Belzer gave the House opening prayer as guest chaplain ... obit here: https://t.co/iQSbjPAfRc https://t.co/jfkMsw2iu2

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"Illinois Republican mistakes Sikh for Muslim, calls him delivering prayer in House 'deeply troubling'...Howard Mortman, author of When Rabbis Bless Congress explained that diverse faith leaders have long prayed before Congress"
@emilybrooksnews @thehill
https://t.co/pW8GBIJKgs

[Yochonon Donn @Yochidonn]

A small cap for man, a giant ground-covering for mankind.

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First time ever the person sitting in the Speaker's chair presiding over the House of Representatives is wearing a kippah ... Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL)

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Huge thanks to Bruce Schaff @anunnamedpoet for passing along this historical relic:
His late grandfather Rabbi Benzion Schaffran gave Feb. 19, 1974, House prayer (the first Lubavitch rabbi to pray in Congress and sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman) – and put it on his resume!

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"Thank you ranking member Sen. Sanders for making sure the name Lubavitch is pronounced correctly."

-- Rabbi Levi Shemtov Director American Friends of Lubavitch
...Senate Hearing on Antisemitism on College Campuses
...full Shemtov opening statement here: https://t.co/MTJMH3avKS

[Academic Studies Press @ASP_Boston]

Thank you, @WineSpectator!

https://t.co/9s6tJTJSF0

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Rabbi Pinchus Ciment Lubavitch of Arkansas - guest chaplain House prayer March 27, 2025:

- 648th time a rabbi has prayed in Congress

- 39th time a Chabad Lubavtich rabbi has prayed in Congress

- 4th time a rabbi from Arkansas has prayed in Congress

https://t.co/NhcbjgGFty

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Rabbi Pinchus Ciment Lubavitch of Arkansas House prayer on March 27, 2025:

- 648th time a rabbi has prayed in Congress
- 39th time a Chabad Lubavtich rabbi has prayed in Congress

https://t.co/NhcbjgG7E0

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.@RepFrenchHill remarks sponsoring today's House guest chaplain Rabbi Pinchus Ciment Lubavitch of Arkansas

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Rabbi Pinchus Ciment - Lubavitch of Arkansas - gave House prayer today:

-- longest serving rabbi in Arkansas
-- sponsored by @RepFrenchHill
-- began prayer with a mitzvah: contributing to charity box

[Karen Kasler @karenkasler]

A little more information about the rabbi who offered the opening prayer before Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's State of the State speech

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Rabbi Gershon Avtzon Rosh Yeshiva - Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati - who has prayed in the U.S. Congress and is on the cover of the @CongressRabbi book - gives opening prayer before Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine State of State Address https://t.co/LstzrDcBjw