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Source: Jewish Era
Source type: magazine
Document type: article
Document title: “Memorial Services for President McKinley”
Author(s): anonymous
Date of publication: 15 October 1901
Volume number: 10
Issue number: 4
Pagination: 128

 
Citation
“Memorial Services for President McKinley.” Jewish Era 15 Oct. 1901 v10n4: p. 128.
 
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Keywords
William McKinley (death: religious response); William McKinley (mourning); McKinley memorial services; William McKinley (death: international response).
 
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Memorial Services for President McKinley

     The deep respect of the Jewish people for our honored President, who was so recently stricken down amongst us, has been shown by the touching comments made by the Rabbis in their synagogues, in their discourses, and by the heavily draped mourning displayed on the exterior of their houses of worship. These Memorial Services were unusually impressive, coming as they did before the Great Jewish Holiday. In London the Chief Rabbi of the Great Synagogue ordered a special prayer in memory of the late President to be offered on the ensuing Day of Atonement.

 

 


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