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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
‘Biden’s rabbi’ wraps up first night of DNC, reciting priestly blessing in Hebrew
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Rabbi Michael Beals, right, recites the priestly blessing on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, August 19, 2024, in Chicago. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
CHICAGO — Rabbi Michael Beals wraps up the first night of the Democratic National Convention, reciting the priestly blessing in Hebrew as part of the benediction.
Much of the United Center has already cleared out after the DNC ran well over an hour late, but those still in the audience respond with an Amen.
Beals has become known as “Biden’s rabbi,” campaigning for the president after meeting him at the shiva of a congregant in 2006.
