Venue: Lower Merion Synagogue (Bala Cynwyd, PA) Lower Merion Synagogue (Bala Cynwyd, PA)

Machshava:

History,  Israel 

Collections: R' Ezra Cohen Tefillah: The Past, the Practical, and the Profound

Description

In the first of this two-part series, we examine the history of the Prayer for the State of Israel, covering the history of Jews praying for the government, the publication of the Prayer for the State of Israel in 1948, and the controversy regarding who penned it.