freedom of worship and were not persecuted by the government for being Jewish. The idea of an American “day of public Thanksgiving and prayer” deeply resonated with them. They established an ...

Eighty years since the Nazi surrender and the rescue of Holocaust survivors, commemorations were held across Argentina and Sweden, the United States and Tunisia, France and Germany, Austria and Russia ...

This holiday, celebrating the Jewish victory for religious freedom ... Jews across America will gather in synagogue to say a special prayer of thanksgiving, comprised of a number of Psalms ...

The traditional Jewish recommendation of making 100 blessings each day can be seen ... the holiday of Thanksgiving puts this idea neatly into focus. On this holiday, Americans cultivate gratitude ...

and a prayer for the congregation. To this very day, Shearith-Israel (also called the ‘Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue’, led by Rabbi Meir Soloveichik) has a special ceremony for Thanksgiving ...